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Porthochelys type locality, Trego County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.1167,-99.9667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Trego County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Porthochelys type locality | Williston S. W. (1901) | "Cretaceous" (no other information given at all, but all sediments in this area are Late Cretaceous) | not reported | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Porthochelys laticeps species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae : Porthochelys : Porthochelys laticeps | 100.5 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Williston S. W. (1901) A new turtle from the Kansas Cretaceous, Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science 17, 195-199 |
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!