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A question about "Trinitychelys hiatti" and the Chico Formation
I found the Following information on the UCMP Vertebrate Collections page
(http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/collections/vertebrate.html)
Trinitychelys hiatti (114260)
-------------- TAXONOMIC INFORMATION --------------
Class: Reptilia
Order: Chelonia
Family: Baenidae
Genus: Trinitychelys
Subgenus:
Species: hiatti
Subspecies:
Identifier: Gaffney,E.S.
Year Identified: 1972
Museum Specimen Number: 114260
Status: TYPE
Element: SKULL
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Continent or Ocean: North America
Country: USA
State: California
County: Monterey Co
System/Period: Cretaceous
Storage Age: Maastrichtian
Formation: Chico
Age:
Musuem Locality Number: V-75074
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Publication:
Remarks: EQUALS UCMP A919
1 Can anyone please provide me with a citation(s) if this specimen has been
described or referenced?
2 What is the interpretation Chico Formation? My limited California geology
book collection does not describe this formation.
B. Tegowski