Elizabethtown: Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian, North Carolina
collected by R. Jerry Britt, Jr. 1983–1984
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Polyptychodon rugosus n. sp.
(Emmons 1858)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Polyptchodon rugosus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Bothremys cooki
(Leidy 1865)
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Gaffney et al. 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 29444, right otic chamber | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Carolina | County: | Bladen |
| Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 78.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 50.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Black Creek | Formation: | Tar Heel | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Reworked from a Miocene bed | |||||
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: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | R. Jerry Britt, Jr. | Collection dates: | 1983–1984 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 129825 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Uhen | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-28 22:54:14 | Last modified: | 2021-02-19 03:43:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-28 22:54:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13727. | E. Emmons. 1858. Palaeontology. Report of the North Carolina Geological Survey (XV)193-212 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 27976 | E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |