Where: Montana (48.0° N, 106.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 58.6° N, 64.2° W (Wright 2013)
• 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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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"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)
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