Devil's Backbone: Late/Upper Campanian, Arkansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Prionochelys nauta n. gen., n. sp. Zangerl 1953
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arkansas County:Howard
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 93.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.9° North, 65.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Late/Upper Campanian
Age range of interval:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Marlbrook Marl
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:82004
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-20 11:34:56 Last modified:2018-06-07 10:23:25
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-20 11:34:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

787. R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion]