Where: Alberta, Canada (53.2° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.4° N, 93.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• Probably from the Paskapoo Formation because the matrix the lithology of the Paskapoo Formation and this formation is extensively exposed in the area.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Specimen at U of Alberta.
Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman. 2013. Non-trionychid turtles from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:282-293 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176519: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 15.02.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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