Turtle Heaven Locality, Ejido of La Parrita: Late Campanian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Yelmochelys rosarioae n. gen., n. sp.
Brinkman et al. 2016
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Coahuila |
| Coordinates: | 25.5° North, 101.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 68.2° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Difunta | Formation: | Cerro del Pueblo | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: upper non-marine beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 179651 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-06-23 12:59:38 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-06-23 12:59:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59516. | D. Brinkman, M. C. Aguillon-Martinez, J. H. Hutchison and C. M. Brown. 2016. Yelmochelys rosarioae gen. et sp. nov., a stem kinosternid (Testudines; Kinosternidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Coahuila, Mexico. PaleoBios 33:1-20 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] |