South of Fir Mountain (Russell Collection (Miocene of Canada)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.3° N, 106.5° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 103.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Wood Mountain Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the ROM
Primary reference: J.A. Holman. 1971. Climatic Significanceof Giant Tortoises from the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:1148-1151 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187956: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.08.2017
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Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle A partial right xiphiplastron, ROM 7883 (Fig. 2), and two fragmentary peripherals, ROM 7882, were collected by L. S. Russell in 1970.
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