Drayton Valley (Paleocene of Canada)

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

• tan 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)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Panchelydridae
Protochelydra zangerli Erickson 1973 turtle
UALVP 53912