DWK 2, Dunvegan area (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (55.9° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 57.9° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dunvegan Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Alberta Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology (UALVP)

Primary reference: T. D. Cook, M. V. H. Wilson, and A. M. Murray. 2008. A middle Cenomanian euselachian assemblage from the Dunvegan Formation of northwestern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45(10):1185-1197 [M. Vavrek/M. Vavrek/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213312: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna cf. kopingensis Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Rajiformes -
Pseudohypolophus mcnultyi Thurmond 1971 guitarfish