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Specimen #: P.84.04.18
Collection: Plesiosauria > Trinacromerum, Plesiosaur, "Tessa"
Status: stored
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Description
Partial Coracoid, Partial Scapula, Glenoid Fossa of Left and Right Coracoids, Vertebrae, Pelvic Girdle, Ribs, Clavical, Ischium, Illium
Measurements (6.7 x 7.9 x 28.5 cm)
Rough measruements were made using a hand held ruler, not a set of calipers. The above rough measurements pertain to only the Left Illium associated with this specimen.
Publications
NICHOLLS, E.L. 1989. Marine Vertebrates of the Pembina Member of the Pierre Shale (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Manitoba and their Significance to the Biogeography of the Western Interior Seaway. University of Calgary, pp. ii-317.
Details
| Common Name: | Trinacromerum, Plesiosaur, "Tessa" |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Family: | Polycotylidae |
| Genus: | Trinacromerum |
| Species: | bonneri |
| Geo Period: | Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Campanian |
| Formation: | Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Assume Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell, Jim Gardner |
Current Condition
Unknown