Near Fort Peck (Peckemys brinkman type locality): Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by Raph Nichols, UMMP party 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Testudinata sp.
(Oppel 1811)
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Case 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UMMP 20490 (nearly complete skeleton) | ||||||||||
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= Plesiobaena antiqua
Lambe 1902
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Gaffney 1972 | |||||||||
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= Peckemys brinkman n. gen., n. sp.
Lyson and Joyce 2009
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Lyson and Joyce 2009 | |||||||||
| recombined as Cedrobaena brinkman | ||||||||||
| holotype skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana |
| Coordinates: | 48.0° North, 106.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.6° North, 79.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hell Creek |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UMMP | ||
| Collectors: | Raph Nichols, UMMP party | Collection dates: | 1938 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122906 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-01-07 03:54:58 | Last modified: | 2012-01-10 07:01:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-07 03:54:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 39185. | T. R. Lyson and W. G. Joyce. 2009. A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and an assessment of baenid ecology across the K/T boundary. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):833-853 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
| 42107 | E. D. Case. 1939. A nearly complete turtle skeleton from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 6(1):1-19 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 704 | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] |