Boyne Member I, Vermilion River Formation: Campanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Hesperornithiformes
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Hesperornis regalis
Marsh 1872
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1 individual | |||||||||
right and left femora, part of tibia, tarsometatarsus, skull fragment, 7 incomplete dorsal vertebrae | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax cf. falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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1 element | |||||||||
single tooth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Manitoba |
Coordinates: | 49.5° North, 98.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 53.7° North, 62.2° 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 |
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 |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 36710 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-02-10 15:09:53 | Last modified: | 2004-02-12 11:28:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-02-10 15:09:53 |
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] |