Also known as Ponteix
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.8° N, 107.4° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 72.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bearpaw Shale Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• Upper Campanian (either B. cuneatus or B. reesidei zones) of the Bearpaw Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: T. Sato. 2003. Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):89-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31122: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Fromea chytra acritarchs
Fromea fragilis Stover and Evitt 1962 acritarchs | |
Dinophyceae | |
Isabelidinium cooksoniae Lentin and Williams 1977 | |
Wallodinium luna Lentin and Williams 1973 | |
Reptilia | |
Terminonatator ponteixensis n. gen. n. sp.
Terminonatator ponteixensis n. gen. n. sp. Sato 2003 elasmosaur |