4 miles south of Jensen, east of Green River: Late/Upper Campanian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Thescelus insiliens
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) No. 230, shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 109.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 79.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mesaverde |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Utah Field House of Natural History (Vernal, Utah) collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 128462 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-09 02:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-04-25 04:57:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-09 02:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 704. | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] |