Pembina Mountain region, CFDC site 3 (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as Manitoba Escarpment; Morden; Miami Pembina Member, Vermilion River Formation

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: K. Aotsuka and T. Sato. 2016. Hesperornithiformes (Aves: Ornithurae) from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, Southern Manitoba, Canada. Cretaceous Research 63:154-169 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193932: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 07.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda -
Hesperornithiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888 avialan
 Theropoda - Hesperornithidae
Hesperornis sp. Marsh 1872 avialan