CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATES FROM THE ANDERSON RIVER N.W.T.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Russell, Dale A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1967
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; East Bank
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e67-002; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e67-002

Vertebrate remains have been recovered from two horizons in late Cretaceous strata along the east bank of the Anderson River at latitude 69 °N. The lower horizon has produced a fauna very similar to that of the Niobrara Chalk in western Kansas, including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, and abundant toothed...