Kakut Creek: Santonian - Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 55.6° North, 118.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:63.9° North, 78.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Santonian - Campanian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Puskwaskau
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:invertebrates reported to be present
Metadata
Database number:192128
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2018-03-11 17:56:28 Last modified:2022-11-13 00:09:21
Access level:the public Released:2018-03-11 17:56:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

64994. M. J. Vavrek, A. M. Murray, and P. R. Bell. 2016. Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian to Campanian) of northwestern Alberta, Canada and the distribution of Xiphactinus in North America . Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology 1(1):89-100 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]