Corral Bluffs (UCM loc. 82126): Puercan, Colorado
collected by UCM Party 1974
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Baenodda indet.
Gaffney and Meylan 1988
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Lyson et al. 2021 | |||||||||
UCM 49229 and 49330 | ||||||||||
Palatobaena bairdi
Gaffney 1972
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UCM 37738 (skull and jaw fragments) | ||||||||||
= Palatobaena cohen
Lyson and Joyce 2009
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Lyson and Joyce 2009 | |||||||||
Plesiobaena sp.
Gaffney 1972
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
(Cope 1868)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Hoplochelys crassa
(Cope 1888)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
Axestemys cf. puercensis
(Hay 1908)
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
synonym of Trionyx singularis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Macrobaenidae
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Macrobaenidae indet.
Sukhanov 1964
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Hutchison and Holroyd 2003 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | El Paso |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 104.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 82.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Denver | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Originally called Dawson Formation; revised to Denver Formation in 2002-2003 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | UCM | ||
Collectors: | UCM Party | Collection dates: | 1974 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Palatobaena bairdi referred specimen | ||
Database number: | 118484 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Mannion, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
Created: | 2011-10-14 23:16:47 | Last modified: | 2023-05-31 15:29:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-14 23:16:47 |
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] |
Secondary references:
82442 | A. D. Gentry, C. R. Kiernan, and J. F. Parham. 2023. A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1411-1430 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano] | |
26071 | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
39184 | T. R. Lyson and W. G. Joyce. 2009. A new species of Palatobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and a maximum parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of Baenidae. Journal of Paleontology 83(3):457-470 [R. Benson/R. Benson/P. Mannion] | |
77311 | T. R. Lyson, H. Petermann, N. Toth, S. Bastien, and I. M. Miller. 2021. A new baenid turtle, Palatobaena knellerorum sp. nov., from the lower Paleocene (Danian) Denver Formation of south-central Colorado, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1925558:1-11 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |