CMN Basilemys morrinensis type locality (Cretaceous of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.7° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.4° N, 84.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Horsethief Member (Horseshoe Canyon Formation), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• lower Maastrichtian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; ironstone and claystone

• associated with abundant comminuted plant debris, interpreted as overbank setting
• sandy clay and clay ironstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Sternberg in 1924

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: J. C. Mallon and D. B. Brinkman. 2018. Basilemys morrinensis, a new species of nanhsiungchelyid turtle from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(2):e1431922:1-11 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193696: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 03.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Nanhsiungchelyidae
Basilemys morrinensis n. sp.
Basilemys morrinensis n. sp. Mallon and Brinkman 2018 turtle
CMN 57059, shell
Polypodiopsida
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetum cf. perlaevigatum
Equisetum cf. perlaevigatum Cockerell 1889 horsetail