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Emarginachelys cretacea type locality, Garfield County, Montana, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 47.5362,-106.933 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Montana, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Garfield County, Montana, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Emarginachelys cretacea type locality | Whetstone K. N. (1978) | Hell Creek | The turtle was preserved s a large 'clast' in a medium grained sandstone which lies 5.2 m (27 feet) below the "Z" coal of the Paleocene Ft. Union Formation. | sandstone | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Emarginachelys cretacea species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emarginachelys : Emarginachelys cretacea | 70.6 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Whetstone K. N. (1978) A new genus of cryptodiran turtles (Testudinoidea, Chelydridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, Univeristy of Kansas Science Bulletin 51 17, 539-563 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!