Kakut Creek (Cretaceous to of Canada)

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

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Taxonomic list

• invertebrates reported to be present
Actinopteri
 Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870