ammonites
Glad Tidings (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UNSM Kx-117

Where: Knox County, Nebraska (42.6° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• "the herpetofauna would indicate the presence of a pond or slow-flowing stream and its margin... and adjacent, somewhat moist wooded area... and finally, a more xerophytic upland"
• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

• tortoise was surface collected and the rest was screened

Primary reference: J. A. Holman. 1996. Glad Tidings, a late middle Miocene herpetofauna from northeastern Nebraska. Journal of Herpetology 30(3):430-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27507: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2002

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