BDM locality 2017-FPG-031: Late Maastrichtian, Montana
collected by D. Fowler 2017

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Baenidae
Plesiobaena antiqua (Lambe 1902)
1 specimen
BDM 004, a partial cranium
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Valley
Coordinates: 47.9° North, 107.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.7° North, 80.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Late Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.1 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Judith River
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:D. Fowler Collection dates:2017
Collection method comments: BDM, Badlands Dinosaur Museum, Dickinson Museum Center, Dickinson, ND, USA
Metadata
Also known as:Turtle skull sst
Database number:229841
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2023-04-03 07:11:26 Last modified:2023-04-03 07:11:26
Access level:the public Released:2023-04-03 07:11:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
84292. H. F. Smith, M. Berg, and B. Adrian. 2023. A well-preserved cranium from the Judith River Formation (Montana, USA) reveals the inner ear and neuroanatomy of a Campanian baenid turtle. The Anatomical Record 1-21 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]