Also known as TMP 2002.400.0001; Prognathodon overtoni referred specimens
Where: Alberta, Canada (49.7° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 57.4° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 15 m above the base of the Formation; likely that the age of the two mosasaurs is no younger than 74 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the TMP
Primary reference: T. Konishi, D. Brinkman, J. A. Massare and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1026-1046 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119089: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Prognathodon overtoni Williston 1897 mosasaur TMP 2002.400.0001 (nearly complete skull and largely articulated postcranium, with one incomplete scapula, associated front paddle elements, semiarticulated pelvic girdle, articulated proximal left hind paddle, and articulated, nearly complete right hind paddle)
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