Also known as ETE Locality 1610, Pasquia Hills, RSM 63E09-0003
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (53.5° N, 102.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 58.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Belle Fourche Member (Ashville Formation), Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: . radiometric intage_min; about 3 m above base of section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lenticular mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by RSM-CMN in 1994
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), chemical, acetic,
• ETE reference list: 478, 482, 485, 483, 479, 454
Primary reference: S. L. Cumbaa. 1997. A Cenomanian age bone bed of marine origin, Saskatchewan, Canada. In: Fifty-seventh annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of papers, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3 Suppl.):40A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 22731: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 29.05.2001, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
Hybodus butleri Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch | |
Ptychodus sp. Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
Ptychodus anonymus Williston 1900 elasmobranch
Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch | |
Sclerorhynchidae indet. Capetta 1974 elasmobranch | |
Cretomanta canadensis Case et al. 1990 elasmobranch | |
Squalicorax curvatus Williston 1900 crow shark
Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax volgensis Glikman 1971 crow shark | |
Archaeolamna sp. Siverson 1992 mackerel shark | |
Dallasiella willistoni Cappetta and Case 1999 mackerel shark
Cretodus semiplicatus Agassiz 1843 mackerel shark | |
Carcharias cf. amonensis sand shark
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Carcharias tenuiplicatus sand shark | |
Chimaeroidea indet. chimaera | |
Actinopteri | |
Belonostomus sp. Agassiz 1843 | |
Plethodidae indet. Loomis 1900 | |
Salmoniformes indet. Bleeker 1859 | |
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata
"Acanthomorpha indet." = Acanthomorphata Rosen 1973 | |
Ichthyodectes cf. ctenodon Cope 1870
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 | |
Pachyrhizodus minimus Stewart 1899 | |
Protosphyraena sp. Leidy 1857 | |
Pycnodontidae indet. Agassiz 1835
Micropycnodon sp. Hibbard and Graffham 1945 | |
"Gyrodus" cretaceus Agassiz 1844 | |
Caturidae indet. Owen 1860 bowfin | |
Reptilia | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Aves | |
Hesperornithiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird
Ichthyornis sp. Marsh 1872 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates | |
? Coniasaurus crassidens Owen 1850 squamates | |
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869 elasmosaur | |
Pliosauridae indet. Seeley 1874 plesiosaur |