Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 57.9° N, 75.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Oldman Formation (Belly River Group), Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Levi Sternberg in 1917
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128460: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 09.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Boremys albertensis n. sp." = Boremys pulchra
"Boremys albertensis n. sp." = Boremys pulchra Lambe 1906 turtle USNM 8803 (Gilmore, 1919a, pp. 119-123, figs. 3, 4, pls. 33, 34, type of Boremys albertensis), a complete plastron and a partial carapace
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