ANSP collection: Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretoides splendidus
(Hay 1908)
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| recombined as Axestemys splendidus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Wheatland |
| Coordinates: | 46.3° North, 109.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.4° North, 76.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Altitude: | 1233 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Judith River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | ANSP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 177026 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-16 11:33:24 | Last modified: | 2016-05-18 15:52:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-16 11:33:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 743. | J. D. Gardner, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 1995. Systematics and taxonomy of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae) from the Judith River Group (mid-Campanian) of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 32:631-643 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/D. Nicholson] |