Morden, CFDC site 8 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Manitoba Escarpment; Morden; Miami, Pembina Mountain

Where: Manitoba, Canada (49.2° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 53.5° N, 63.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pembina Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; black shale and ash

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. D. Martin and J.-D. Lim. 2002. New information on the hesperornithiform radiation. In Z. Zhou & F. Zhang (ed.), Proceedings of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Beijing, 1–4 June 2000 165-174 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193923: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 07.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae
Hesperornis regalis Marsh 1872 bird
Hesperornis mengeli n. sp. Martin and Lim 2002 bird
CFDC B.78.01.08 - type (= BO 780106)