Marsland Formation
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| image = Syndyoceras cooki (fossil mammal) (Marsland Formation, Middle Miocene; near Agate, Nebraska, USA) 2 (32708793602).jpg
| caption = Fossil mammal from the Marsland Formation (Middle Miocene; Nebraska)
| type = Geological formation
| age = Neogene
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| region = Nebraska
| country = United States
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Marsland Formation is a geologic formation in Nebraska preserving fossils dating back to the Neogene period.
Fossil content
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==Testudines==
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colspan="6" align="center" | Testudines reported from the Marsland Formation | ||||
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Genus | Species | Presence
!Material | Notes | Images |
Macroclemys
|M. schmidti | Box Butte County, Nebraska.{{Cite journal |last=Whetstone |first=Kenneth N. |date=1978 |title=Additional Record of the Fossil Snapping Turtle Macroclemys schmidti from the Marsland Formation (Miocene) of Nebraska with Notes on Interspecific Skull Variation within the Genus Macroclemys |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1443841 |journal=Copeia |volume=1978 |issue=1 |pages=159–162 |doi=10.2307/1443841 |jstor=1443841 |issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription }} |A fragmentary juvenile skull & an adult skull. | A snapping turtle. | |
See also
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References
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- {{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database))|url= https://www.fossilworks.org|access-date= 17 December 2021}}
Category:Neogene geology of Nebraska
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