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Horseshoe Canyon - Horsethief, Alberta, Canada

FormationHorseshoe Canyon
MemberHorsethief
Age:70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Maastrichtian
Lithologyironstone/claystone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences2

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
CMN Basilemys morrinensis type localityAlberta, CanadaHorseshoe Canyon - Horsethief

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Basilemys morrinensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Nanhsiungchelyidae : Basilemys : Basilemys morrinensis70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Equisetum sp.
genus
6Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Equisetaceae : Equisetum70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Mallon J. C., Brinkman D. B. (2018) Basilemys morrinensis, a new species of nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 2, e1431922:1-11 doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1431922
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