Adocus sp locality, Fallon County (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Fallon County, Montana (46.2° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 77.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Brice and Marshall Lambert in 1961

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

• The specimen described below (CCM 60-15) was made available through the generosity of Marshall Lambert ofthe Carter County Museum, Ekalaka, Montana.

Primary reference: P. A. Meylan and E. S. Gaffney. 1989. The skeletal morphology of the Cretaceous Cryptodiran turtle, Adocus, and the relationships of the Trionychidae. American Museum Novitates 2941:1-60 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129262: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 22.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
CCM 60- 15 (well-preserved skeleton missing posterior portion)