Pasquia Hills, Pierre Shale: Campanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Dolichorhynchops kirki (Russell 1935)
original and current combination Trinacromerum kirki
vertebrae and phalanges
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Manitoba
Coordinates: 53.8° North, 101.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.4° North, 62.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Geological group:Montana Formation:Pierre Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:36754
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:E. Leckey
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-02-12 12:03:50 Last modified:2021-05-14 09:46:48
Access level:the public Released:2004-02-12 12:03:50
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]