Herbert Ferry: Late/Upper Campanian, Canada
collected 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis n. sp.
Jiménez-Huidobro et al. 2018
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| RSM P2588.1 - holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 50.6° North, 107.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 57.0° North, 71.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Baculites reesidei |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bearpaw Shale | Member: | Snakebite |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray silty claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: dark grey silty clays | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1995 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | southern shore of Lake Diefenbaker | ||
| Database number: | 194177 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-15 09:34:13 | Last modified: | 2018-06-15 09:34:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-15 09:34:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65958. | P. Jiménez-Huidobro, M. W. Caldwell, I. Paparella and T. S. Bullard. 2018. A new species of tylosaurine mosasaur from the upper Campanian Bearpaw Formation of Saskatchewan, Canada. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |