Devil's Backbone: Late/Upper Campanian, Arkansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Prionochelys nauta n. gen., n. sp.
Zangerl 1953
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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] |