Where: Prince Edward Island, Canada (46.5° N, 63.5° W: paleocoordinates 2.7° N, 0.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Orby Head Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• 21 feet 9 inches below surface
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red shale and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by D. McLeod in 1845
Collection methods: core, mechanical,
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1853. [Fragment of a jaw of an extinct saurian animal]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 48897: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 04.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
"Bathygnathus borealis n. gen. n. sp." = Dimetrodon borealis
"Bathygnathus borealis n. gen. n. sp." = Dimetrodon borealis Leidy 1853 synapsid |