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Specimen #: P.04.01.15
Collection: Plesiosauria > "Betsy", Plesiosaur
Status: stored
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Description
Approximately 65% complete skeleton of a short-necked plesiosaur
Measurements
Currently not described
Publications
HATCHER, J., and J.D. BAMBURAK. 2010. Stratigraphic correlation of multiple bentonite horizons from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale (Pembina Member) of Manitoba (part of NTS 62G1, 2); in Report of Activities 2010, Manitoba Innovation, Energy, and Mines, Manitoba Geological Survey, p. 178-185. JANZIC, A. 2007. A New Short-Necked Plesiosaur From the Pierre Shale Formation of Manitoba. Abstracts and Field Manual, 2007 Manitoba Paleontology Seminar, Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, p. ii. Wojna, L. 2007. Bathroom Book of Manitoba Trivia; Weird, Wacky and Wild. Blue Bike Books, page 151. JANZIC, A. 2006. A Preliminary Analysis of Stomach Contents from a New Polycotylid Plesiosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, (26) Supplement to Number 3, pp. 81A.
Details
| Common Name: | "Betsy", Plesiosaur |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Family: | Polycotylidae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: |
| Geo Period: | Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Campanian |
| Formation: | Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Anita -Maria Janzic, Michel Messier, Joe Brown |
Current Condition
Preservation is very good to poor.