4 km NNW of Bullshead Butte: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Prognathodon overtoni
(Williston 1897)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| TMP 1983.164.0001 (fragmentary skull, jaw, rib, and girdle elements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 110.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.9° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bearpaw Shale | Member: | Manyberries | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Most likely came from the Manyberries Member | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dark to light gray mudstone, which readily breaks down into flakes | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMP 1983.164.0001; Prognathodon overtoni referred specimen | ||
| Database number: | 119087 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2011-10-20 20:38:22 | Last modified: | 2015-03-18 12:03:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-20 20:38:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38254. | T. Konishi, D. Brinkman, J. A. Massare and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1026-1046 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen] |