5 miles south of Kimbetoh (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.1° N, 107.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 79.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 50 feet above the base of the Fruitland Formation

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. B. Reeside, Jr in 1916; reposited in the USNM

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 128563: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
"Baena nodosa" = Denazinemys nodosa
"Baena nodosa" = Denazinemys nodosa Gilmore 1916 turtle
USNM 8622, shell