DMNH 1926, Clayton Corner: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
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Basilemys cf. sinuosa
Riggs 1906
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Adams |
| Coordinates: | 39.9° North, 105.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 81.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Denver | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Denver Formation, D1 sequence | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176741 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-28 22:26:18 | Last modified: | 2021-03-02 10:44:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-28 22:26:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26071. | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |