UCMP V86094 Headless Gulch: Puercan, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Atoposemys entopteros n. gen., n. sp.
Hutchison 2013
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| synonym of Aspideretoides superstes | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 105.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.8° North, 80.5° 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 - 63.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | Member: | Tullock |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 168337 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-19 23:20:54 | Last modified: | 2015-04-19 23:20:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-19 23:20:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55096. | J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |