Where: Alberta, Canada (51.8° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.5° N, 84.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Morrin Member (Horseshoe Canyon Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Unit 2. Middle (AMNH 5261)... portion of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation of the Edmonton
•Group. Maastrichtian, possibly including the uppermost Campanian.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. Brown; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: B. Brown. 1913. A new plesiosaur, Leurospondylus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32(40):605-615 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 173060: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Advait Jukar on 08.09.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Leurospondylus ultimus n. gen. n. sp.
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