Baenid Skull Locality: Lancian, Montana
collected by D. Lawler 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Palatobaena bairdi
Gaffney 1972
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UCMP 114539 (fragmentary skull and jaws) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 54.4° North, 80.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Lancian | ||
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Hell Creek |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
Collectors: | D. Lawler | Collection dates: | 1975 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-75180; Palatobaena bairdi referred specimen | ||
Database number: | 118483 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Created: | 2011-10-14 23:06:05 | Last modified: | 2011-10-14 07:06:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-14 23:06:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
38165. | J. D. Archibald and J. H. Hutchison. 1979. Revision of the genus Palatobaena (Testudines, Baenidae), with the description of a new species. Postilla 177:1-19 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Holroyd] |