Where: Utah (40.3° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 79.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mesaverde Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ)
• Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) collection
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 128462: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 09.06.2012
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Taxonomic list
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Thescelus insiliens Hay 1908 turtle Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) No. 230, shell
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