Glen McPherson (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3312 or 3313 or 3314

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.4° N, 107.4° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 79.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Frenchman Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Frenchman Fm. was originally included within the overlying Ravenscrag Fm., but the two are now separate. Frenchman Fm. is Maastrichtian and Ravenscrag is Danian (see Eberth et al. 2019)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14555: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• see also Storer 1995a
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Myledaphus sp. Cope 1876 guitarfish
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876 salamander
Lisserpeton sp. Estes 1965 salamander
Reptilia
 Serpentes -
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet. theropod
small
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Triceratops sp. Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychinae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
? Neurankylus sp. Lambe 1902 turtle
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
"Mesodma cf. garfieldensis" = Mesodma thompsoni
"Mesodma cf. garfieldensis" = Mesodma thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate