Where: Park County County, Wyoming (44.9° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 86.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rock Bench Quarry Member (Fort Union Formation), Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)
• Fort Union Formation, Rock Bench Quarry beds (label)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Princeton party
• PU, Princeton University collection
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128433: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 08.06.2012
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Taxonomic list
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"Plesiobaena putorius" = Cedrobaena putorius
"Plesiobaena putorius" = Cedrobaena putorius Gaffney 1972 turtle PU 17108, complete lower jaws; 20741, posterior part of parietals; PU 18011, posterior part of skull roof.
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