head of south branch, Meyers Creek (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as 3 miles west of Kimbetoh

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.2° N, 107.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Kirtland Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Upper part of Kirtland Formation, undifferentiated, east of easternmost outcrop ofFarmington Sandstone Member.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. H. Sternberg in 1921

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

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 128561: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.06.2012, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle
fragments; #11
 Testudinata - Baenidae
"Baena nodosa" = Denazinemys nodosa
"Baena nodosa" = Denazinemys nodosa Gilmore 1916 turtle
"Exemplar No. 1," an almost complete shell with pelvis (Wiman, 1933, p. 4, figs. 1-3, pl. 1 figs. 1, la); = Sternberg's #14