Near Glendive (Stygiochelys estesi holotype locality) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Dawson County, Montana (47.1° N, 104.7° W: paleocoordinates 53.6° N, 77.2° W)

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When: Hell Creek Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Robert Hiatt of Glendive, Montana; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney and R. Hiatt. 1971. A new baenid turtle From the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. American Museum Novitates 2443:1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123100: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Stygiochelys estesi n. gen. n. sp.
Stygiochelys estesi n. gen. n. sp. Gaffney and Hiatt 1971 turtle
AMNH 2601 (holotype partial skull)