Boyne Member 4, Vermilion River Formation: Campanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Ichthyodectidae indet.
Crook 1892
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| caudal fragment | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Saurodontidae
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Gillicus arcuatus
(Cope 1875)
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| palatine | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Manitoba |
| Coordinates: | 52.0° North, 100.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.5° North, 62.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Vermilion River | Member: | Boyne |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,white,yellow calcareous "shale" |
| Lithology description: The Boyne Member is a yellowish white or dark gray calcareous shale, which in gross aspect resembles the Smoky Hill chalk Member of the Niobara Formation in Kansas. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 36743 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
| Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-02-12 09:38:38 | Last modified: | 2004-02-12 11:38:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-12 09:38:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9799. | D. Bardack. 1968. Fossil vertebrates from the marine Cretaceous of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 5:145-153 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey] |