AHl-1 (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Hale County, Alabama (32.7° N, 87.7° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 59.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tombigbee Sand Member (Eutaw Formation), Middle Santonian to Middle Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy claystone

• Inner to middle neritic environments below the wave base
• Loosely compacted, fossiliferous sandy clay

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: McWane Science Center (MSC) in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Primary reference: A. D. Gentry. 2018. Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles. PeerJ 6:e5876:1-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197317: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 02.11.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Prionochelys matutina
Prionochelys matutina Zangerl 1953 turtle
MSC 2250