below mouth of Berry Creek (NMC) (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as GSC, Baena antiqua type

Where: Alberta, Canada (50.8° N, 111.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.0° N, 75.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Belly River Group, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by L. M. Lambe in 1901; reposited in the NMC

• NMC, National Museum fo Canada, collection

Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(2):25-81 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123085: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 10.01.2012, edited by David Nicholson

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
"Baena antiqua n. sp." = Plesiobaena antiqua
"Baena antiqua n. sp." = Plesiobaena antiqua Lambe 1902 turtle
NMC 1648 (holotype partial shell)
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Aspideretes subquadratus n. sp." = Trionyx foveatus, "Aspideretes maturus n. sp." = Trionyx foveatus
"Aspideretes subquadratus n. sp." = Trionyx foveatus Leidy 1856 softshell turtle
NMC 345
"Aspideretes maturus n. sp." = Trionyx foveatus Leidy 1856 softshell turtle
NMC 1065