4 miles south of Jensen, east of Green River (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Utah (40.3° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mesaverde Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)

• Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) collection

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128462: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 09.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Thescelus insiliens Hay 1908 turtle
Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) No. 230, shell