Morden Bentonite Mine: Early/Lower Campanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Plioplatecarpus nichollsae
Cuthbertson et al. 2007
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Latoplatecarpus nichollsae | ||||||||||
| TMP 83.24.01, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Manitoba |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.7° North, 63.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Baculites obtusus |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Pierre Shale | Member: | Pembina |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Radiometric age of 81 +/- 3 MA | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bentonitic,black lithified carbonaceous "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96685 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-25 12:10:27 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 17:01:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-25 12:10:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32947. | T. Komishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):417-436 [M. Carrano/H. Street/F. Aspromonte] |