Carrollton: Pleistocene, Texas
collected by M. Francis
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo ? crassiscutata
Leidy 1889
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| recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | ||||||||||
| right scapula | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
| Coordinates: | 33.0° North, 96.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.0° North, 96.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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 |
| Collectors: | M. Francis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196056 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-09-03 11:18:59 | Last modified: | 2018-09-03 11:18:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-09-03 11:18:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54433. | O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas 71:3-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |