Climatic Significance of Giant Tortoises from the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan

1 September 1971

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Vol. 8 (9) , 1148-1151
https://doi.org/10.1139/e71-101

Abstract

Giant land tortoises, Geochelone, occur at four collecting localities in the Wood Mountain Formation, southern Saskatchewan. These fossils suggest a subtropical climate in southern Saskatchewan during Upper Miocene (Barstovian) times.

Keywords

WOOD
FOSSILS
GIANT
TORTOISES
SUBTROPICAL
GEOCHELONE
CLIMATIC
UPPER MIOCENE
BARSTOVIAN

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