South of Fir Mountain (Russell Collection: Barstovian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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| A partial right xiphiplastron, ROM 7883 (Fig. 2), and two fragmentary peripherals, ROM 7882, were collected by L. S. Russell in 1970. | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.3° North, 106.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.0° North, 103.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wood Mountain |
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: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | ROM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 187956 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-08-19 16:28:57 | Last modified: | 2017-08-19 16:28:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-19 16:28:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63093. | J.A. Holman. 1971. Climatic Significanceof Giant Tortoises from the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:1148-1151 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |