Where: Alberta, Canada (55.6° N, 118.4° W: paleocoordinates 63.9° N, 78.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Puskwaskau Formation, Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 72.1 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 192128: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 11.03.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 |