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TITLE: First record of a turtle (Protochelydra, Chelydridae, Testudines) from the Cenozoic of Alaska (Chickaloon Formation, Paleocene–Eocene)
AUTHOR: J. Howard Hutchison and Anne D. Pasch
JOURNAL: PaleoBios
PUBLISHED: May 15, 2004
NOTES: 24(1)
ABSTRACT: A chelydrid turtle from the late Paleocene (Clarkforkian NALMA) of the Chickaloon Formation, near Anchorage, is the first record of a turtle from the Cenozoic of Alaska and the most northerly record of the family known thus far. The specimen consists of a partial carapace from a plant-rich carbonaceous mudstone. It compares most closely with Protochelydra zangerli from the late Paleocene (Tiffanian NALMA) of North Dakota.
COLLECTION: PaleoBios Archive Public
ID: 231

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