1 mile E of Harrell (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Dallas County, Alabama (32.4° N, 87.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 59.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mooreville Chalk Formation (Selma Group), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129836: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Bothremydidae
Bothremys sp. Leidy 1865 sideneck turtle
FMNH PR 247, partial skull and shell