Near Fort Peck (Peckemys brinkman type locality) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Montana (48.0° N, 106.4° W: paleocoordinates 54.6° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Raph Nichols, UMMP party in 1938; reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: T. R. Lyson and W. G. Joyce. 2009. A revision of Plesiobaena (Testudines: Baenidae) and an assessment of baenid ecology across the K/T boundary. Journal of Paleontology 83(6):833-853 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122906: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 07.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
"Peckemys brinkman n. gen. n. sp." = Cedrobaena brinkman
"Peckemys brinkman n. gen. n. sp." = Cedrobaena brinkman Lyson and Joyce 2009 turtle
UMMP 20490 (nearly complete skeleton)