North Cox Pit [Pembina Mbr, Pierre Shale] (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Manitoba, Canada (49.4° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 53.7° N, 63.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Baculites obtusus ammonoid zone, Pembina Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Pembina Member, Pierre Shale. AGE: Late Early Campanian, on the bassis of ammonite and foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From the lower part of the Pembina Member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nicholls & Isaak

• COLLECTOR: Nicholls and Isaak. REPOSITORY: Morden and District Museum, Manitoba (MDM).

Primary reference: E. L. Nicholls and H. Isaak. 1987. Stratigraphic and taxonomic significance of Tusoteuthis longa Logan (Coleoidea, Teuthida) from the Pembina Member, Pierre Shale (Campanian), of Manitoba. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):727-737 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84464: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 22.10.2008, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Cephalopod described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identification.
Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Enchoteuthidae
Enchoteuthis melanae Miller and Walker 1968 octopus
MDM Q84.03.18