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near Belvidere, Kiowa County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.4503,-99.08 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on political unit |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kiowa County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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near Belvidere | Hay O. P. (1908) | Comanche - Kiowa Shale | These bones were found in the Kiowa shales, a portion of the Comanche series and near the top of the Lower Cretaceous. | "shale" | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Toxochelyidae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae | 113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
References
Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
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!