Locality P6502M (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Anderson River

Where: Northwest Territories, Canada (69.4° N, 128.1° W: paleocoordinates 78.2° N, 69.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Brown Bed Member, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; poorly lithified, bentonitic, concretionary, brown shale

• "The microfossil recovery from these two sections indicates a fairly shallow, restricted marine environment."; "Therefore it seems more likely that the contact relationship between the two units is one of restricted marine deposits transgressing over shallow lagoonal sediments after a depositional hiatus."

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Russell in 1965

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. A. Russell. 1967. Cretaceous vertebrates from the Anderson River N. W. T. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 4(1):21-38 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106341: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 10.03.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae
Hesperornis regalis
Hesperornis regalis Marsh 1872 avialan
NMC No. 10441, sternum, sternal ribs, right femur and tibial shaft; 10442, left tarsometatarsal; 10551, pelvic fragment
Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
? Enchodus sp.
? Enchodus sp. Agassiz 1835
NMC No. 10444
 Salmoniformes - Cimolichthyidae
Cimolichthys sp.
Cimolichthys sp. Leidy
NMC No. 10443, dentary