Where: Golden Valley County, Montana (46.1° N, 109.1° W: paleocoordinates 53.1° N, 76.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Judith River Formation (Montana Group), Middle Campanian to Middle Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the ANSP
Primary reference: J. D. Gardner, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 1995. Systematics and taxonomy of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae) from the Judith River Group (mid-Campanian) of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 32:631-643 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/D. Nicholson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 177027: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Aspideretoides splendidus" = Axestemys splendidus
"Aspideretoides splendidus" = Axestemys splendidus Hay 1908 softshell turtle |