Clemmys site, Big Muddy Valley (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.1° N, 104.9° W: paleocoordinates 55.0° N, 78.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• "near local base" but upper part of formation

•just one specimen, so bed scale is presumed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• no details given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1974. Fauna and correlation of the Ravenscrag Formation (Paleocene) of southwestern Saskatchewan. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 102:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 22922: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
"Clemmys backmani n. sp." = Osteopygis backmani
"Clemmys backmani n. sp." = Osteopygis backmani Russell 1934 turtle
CMN 8685 - type; Russell 1934c