Flinder's River (Cretaceous of Australia)
Where: Queensland, Australia (20.8° S, 143.7° E: paleocoordinates 54.0° S, 130.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cretaceous (145.0 - 66.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. Liversidge in 1881
Primary reference: R. Owen. 1882. On an Extinct Chelonian Reptile (Notochelys costata, Owen), from Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 38:178-183 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 198220: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 08.12.2018
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"Notochelys costata n. gen. n. sp." = Notochelone costata
"Notochelys costata n. gen. n. sp." = Notochelone costata Owen 1882 sea turtle Partial shell, original in Sydney Museum, cast in BMNH
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