List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostegidae indet.
Cope 1873
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° North, 96.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.7° North, 66.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Austin Chalk | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Cretaceous... lower chalk member... of the Austin Chalk formation" (which is Coniacian to Campanian) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "carbonate" |
| Lithology description: none given, but from the "lower chalk member" | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | A. Richards |
| Collection method comments: Shuler Museum of Paleontology collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 90467 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-07-28 18:07:25 | Last modified: | 2009-07-28 21:07:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-07-28 18:07:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30429. | C. L. McNulty, Jr. and B. H. Slaughter. 1964. A protostegid turtle ramus from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas. Copeia 1964(2):454 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |