AGr-37: Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Prionochelys matutina
Zangerl 1953
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MSC 3500 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama | County: | Greene |
Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 88.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 60.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Mooreville Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | muddy chalk |
Lithology description: Compact fossiliferous clayey chalk and chalky marl | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Geology comments: Inner to middle neritic environments below the wave base |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: McWane Science Center (MSC) in Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
Metadata
Database number: | 197309 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
Created: | 2018-11-02 12:49:17 | Last modified: | 2021-02-26 04:39:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-02 12:49:17 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
67279. | A. D. Gentry. 2018. Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles. PeerJ 6:e5876:1-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |