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Stratigraphic and taxonomic significance of Tusoteuthis longa Logan (Coleoidea, Teuthida) from the Pembina Member, Pierre Shale (Campanian), of Manitoba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Elizabeth L. Nicholls
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Henry Isaak
Affiliation:
Morden and District Museum, Box 728, Morden, Manitoba R0G 1J0, Canada

Abstract

The fossilized gladii of six squid from the Pembina Member of the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) of southern Manitoba are referred to Tusoteuthis longa Logan, 1898, a species previously reported only from the Niobrara Formation of Kansas. The characters used to identify the genus are reviewed and it is referred to the family Kelaenidae. Documentation of these specimens extends the range of both the genus and the family to the Campanian of Canada.

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