Mill Point: Eifelian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Onychodontiformes - Onychodontidae
Onychodus eriensis n. sp. Mann et al. 2017
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]