Northwest of Treherne: Early/Lower Turonian, Canada
collected by S. R. Kirk 1932, 1933
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Trinacromerum kirki n. gen., n. sp.
Russell 1935
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MMMN V216 (holotype partial postcranium) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Manitoba | County: | Division No, 8 |
| Coordinates: | 49.7° North, 98.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 59.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Favel | Member: | Assiniboine | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Assiniboine beds (Benton)"
Assiniboine Member is Early Turonian (Christopher et al. 2006) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | S. R. Kirk | Collection dates: | 1932, 1933 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dolichorhynchops kirki type locality | ||
| Database number: | 102074 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-07 08:38:33 | Last modified: | 2014-06-05 08:42:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-07 08:38:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34684. | L. S. Russell. 1935. A plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba. Journal of Paleontology 9(5):385-389 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 51490 | J. Christopher, M. Yurkowski, M. Nicolas and J. Bamburak. 2006. The Cenomanian–Santonian Colorado Formations of eastern Southern Saskatchewan and Southwestern Manitoba. Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 19:299-318 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |