Where: Nunavut, Canada (79.4° N, 92.2° W: paleocoordinates 69.9° N, 14.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kanguk Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• located between top of Strand Fiord subaerial flood basal and base of marine shale of Kanguk Formation; 3 m thick unit

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; siltstone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by J. Tarduno et al. in 1996-2000

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical, peel or thin section, sieve,

• University of Rochester (UR) collection

Primary reference: J. A. Tarduno, D. B. Brinkman, P. R. Renne, R. D. Cottrell, H. Scher and P. Castillo. 1998. Evidence for extreme climatic warmth from Late Cretaceous Arctic vertebrates. Science 282:2241-2244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45559: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.11.2004, edited by Kaitlin Maguire, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion

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