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
Compsemys victa (Leidy 1856)
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Baenodda indet. Gaffney and Meylan 1988
Lyson et al. 2021
UCM 49229 and 49330
Palatobaena bairdi Gaffney 1972
UCM 37738 (skull and jaw fragments)
    = Palatobaena cohen Lyson and Joyce 2009
Lyson and Joyce 2009
Plesiobaena sp. Gaffney 1972
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Reptilia - Testudines
Cryptodira indet. (Cope 1868)
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Hoplochelys crassa (Cope 1888)
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
Axestemys cf. puercensis (Hay 1908)
Hutchison and Holroyd 2003
synonym of Trionyx singularis
Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Macrobaenidae indet. Sukhanov 1964
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]