DMNH locality 1928: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cryptodira indet.
Cope 1868
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 104.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 81.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Laramie |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176844 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-05 22:22:26 | Last modified: | 2022-04-07 06:28:52 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-05 22:22:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26071. | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |