4 km NNW of Bullshead Butte (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as TMP 1983.164.0001; Prognathodon overtoni referred specimen

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.6° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.9° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Manyberries Member (Bearpaw Shale Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Most likely came from the Manyberries Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone

• dark to light gray mudstone, which readily breaks down into flakes

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMP

Primary reference: T. Konishi, D. Brinkman, J. A. Massare and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1026-1046 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119087: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Prognathodon overtoni Williston 1897 mosasaur
TMP 1983.164.0001 (fragmentary skull, jaw, rib, and girdle elements)