Mill Point: Eifelian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Onychodontiformes
- Onychodontidae
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Onychodus eriensis n. sp.
Mann et al. 2017
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Ontario |
Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 82.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.8° South, 29.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Dundee |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: mostly uniform fossilifer- ous micritic limestone | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 195882 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2018-08-29 14:38:30 | Last modified: | 2018-08-29 14:38:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-08-29 14:38:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
63298. | A. Mann, D. Rudkin, D. C. Evans and M. Laflamme. 2017. A large onychodontiform (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii) apex predator from the Eifelian-aged Dundee Formation of Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54:233-241 [M. Uhen/G. Halstead-Johnson/M. Uhen] |