DMNH 5812: Late Campanian, New Mexico
collected by Mike Getty

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
DMNH EPV.125905, a partial, disarticulated shell
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.1° North, 107.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 70.8° 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
Formation:Fruitland Member:Fossil Forest
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The holotype specimen was recovered from a blocky, carbonaceous mudstone horizon likely representing a ponded, overbank depositional environment located in San Juan County, New Mexico, USA.
Environment:pond
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Mike Getty
Metadata
Database number:195187
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-07-25 07:33:08 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2018-07-25 07:33:08
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
66422. W. G. Joyce, T. R. Lyson, and J. J. W. Sertich. 2018. A new species of trionychid turtle from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Fruitland Formation of New Mexico, USA. Journal of Paleontology 92(6):1107-1114 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]