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Specimen #: M.73.17.02
Collection: Mosasauridae > Mosasaur, Hainosaurus
Status: stored
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Description
Over 25 Vertebrae, Vertebral Fragments, Skull Elements, Jaw Elements
Measurements (8.2 x 14.8 x 6.3 cm)
Rough mesurements were made using a hand held ruler, not a set of calipers. The above rough measurements are provided for only one (1) of the caudal vertebrae, located in Drawer 65, which belongs to this specimen.
Publications
BULLARD, T.S., and M.W. CALDWELL. 2010. Redescription and rediagnosis ofthe tylosaurine mosasaur Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls, 1988, as Tylosaurus pembinensis (Nicholls, 1988). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2): 416-426. BULLARD, T.S. 2006. Anatomy and Systematics of North American Tylosaurine Mosasaurs. Master of Science Thesis, University of Alberta, p. 74.
Details
| Common Name: | Mosasaur, Hainosaurus |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Mosasauridae |
| Genus: | Hainosaurus |
| Species: | pembinensis |
| Geo Period: | Assume Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Assume Campanian |
| Formation: | Assume Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Assume Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell |
Current Condition
Unknown