Where: Yellowstone County, Montana (45.4° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 67.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Graneros Shale Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• from near the base of the Graneros shales of the Benton deposits
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Barnum Brown in 1902
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130808: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 14.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Glyptops pervicax n. sp.
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