North Cita Canyon (Middle Stratum): Late/Upper Pliocene, Texas
collected by C. S. Johnston
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Bysmachelys canyonensis n. gen., n. sp.
Johnston 1937
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| synonym of Testudo hexagonata | ||||||||||
| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Randall |
| Coordinates: | 34.9° North, 101.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.0° North, 101.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Pliocene... overlain and underlain by fossil-bearing strata" that yield the Cita Canyon mammal fauna, but "thus far only turtles have been discovered" in the intermediate "stratum" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,brown poorly lithified sandstone |
| Lithology description: "coarse, brown sand" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
| Geology comments: "old river-bed deposits" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | C. S. Johnston |
| Collection method comments: Panhandle Plains Historical Museum collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99817 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-23 12:53:18 | Last modified: | 2010-11-22 19:53:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-23 12:53:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34313. | C. S. Johnston. 1937. Osteology of Bysmachelys canyonensis a new turtle from the Pliocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 45(4):439-447 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |