Niobrara deposits (Toxochelys brachyrhinus type locality): Late/Upper Cretaceous, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Toxochelys brachyrhinus n. sp. Case 1898
synonym of Toxochelys latiremis
KU 1212, skull
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Gove
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 100.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.6° North, 67.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Key time interval:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Age range of interval:100.50000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Niobrarasaurus type
Database number:203738
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-08-23 07:47:00 Last modified:2019-08-23 07:47:00
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-23 07:47:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

14442.ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]