Duffy's Ranch, 18 miles from Melville: Torrejonian - Tiffanian, Montana
collected by Dr. Marcus S. Farr, of Princeton University
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Aspideretes nassau n. sp.
Hay 1908
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Carapace | ||||||||||
= Hutchemys sp.
Joyce et al. 2009
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Joyce et al. 2009 | |||||||||
YPM PU 11566 (posterior 80% of a carapace) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Sweet Grass |
Coordinates: | 46.1° North, 110.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 52.3° North, 88.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
Key time interval: | Torrejonian - Tiffanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 63.30000 - 56.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fort Union |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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: | YPM |
Collectors: | Dr. Marcus S. Farr, of Princeton University |
Metadata
Database number: | 131899 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson, P. Mannion | Enterer: | R. Benson, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-08-01 19:17:32 | Last modified: | 2012-12-21 06:30:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-01 19:17:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14442. | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
44082 | W. G. Joyce, A. Revan, T. R. Lyson and I. G. Danilov. 2009. Two new plastomenine softshell turtles from the Paleocene of Montana and Wyoming. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 50(2):307-325 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |