Elbow River: Puercan, Canada
collected by William Reader 1935
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Protochelydra zangerli
Erickson 1973
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| CMN 8794: a partial carapace | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 114.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.5° North, 88.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Scollard | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Although the exact locality and age of the specimen is unknown, bedrock along the Elbow River in this area was included in the upper Scollard Formation by Lerbekmo and Sweet (2000). Since the upper Scollard Formation is separated from the overlying Porcupine Hills Formation by an extensive mid-Paleocene hiatus in the Calgary area, the specimen would be no younger than the early part of the middle Paleocene." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | William Reader | Collection dates: | 1935 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176517 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-15 19:07:10 | Last modified: | 2021-03-01 10:12:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-15 19:07:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58112. | 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] |