Eidsbotn graben, Devon Island (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (76.3° N, 91.2° W: paleocoordinates 72.1° N, 15.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Kanguk Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone and mudstone

• glaucony sandstones and marine mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Wilson, K. Chin, S. Cumbaa and G. Dyke. 2011. A high latitude hesperornithiform (Aves) from Devon Island: palaeobiogeography and size distribution of North American hesperornithiforms. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(1):9-23 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118940: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Hesperornithiformes - Hesperornithidae
Canadaga arctica
Canadaga arctica Hou 1999 bird
NUVF 284 (cervical vertebrae 16-18)