Near Lethbridge (UALVP collection) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (49.6° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 78.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bearpaw Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, concretionary shale

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: M. Chida, D. B. Brinkman, and A. M. Murray. 2023. A large, new dercetid fish (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) from the Campanian Bearpaw Formation of Alberta, Canada. Cretaceous Research 150(105579) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230442: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.06.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Aulopiformes - Dercetidae
Dercetis magnificus Chida et al. 2023
UALVP 45921