Whiterock Coulee (Judith River Group): Campanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Aspideretoides splendidus
(Hay 1908)
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recombined as Axestemys splendidus | ||||||||||
TMP 90.5.79 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.4° North, 110.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 57.4° North, 74.1° 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: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Belly River |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Fragmentation: | none |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | TMP |
Metadata
Database number: | 177024 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-03-16 11:24:29 | Last modified: | 2016-05-18 15:49:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-16 11:24:29 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
743. | J. D. Gardner, A. P. Russell, and D. B. Brinkman. 1995. Systematics and taxonomy of soft-shelled turtles (Family Trionychidae) from the Judith River Group (mid-Campanian) of North America. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 32:631-643 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/D. Nicholson] |