Also known as Canadaga arctica type locality
Where: Nunavut, Canada (73.5° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 71.4° N, 25.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kanguk Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• middle Maastrichtian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: prodelta; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by 1989
Primary reference: P. J. Currie. 1997. Sino-Canadian Dinosaur Project. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 661 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118411: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.10.2011, edited by Matthew Carrano
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur | |
Lambeosaurinae indet. Parks 1923 lambeosaurine | |
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod | |
Aves | |
Canadaga arctica n. gen. n. sp.
Canadaga arctica n. gen. n. sp. Hou 1999 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Mosasauridae indet. Gervais 1852 mosasaur | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish |