Where: Wyoming (43.3° N, 104.6° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 79.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lance Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• " . . . Laramie beds..." (ibid.). Lance Formation on Wyoming Geologic Map (Love, Weitz, and Hose, 1955).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the AMNH
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 128558: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 11.06.2012
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Thescelus insiliens n. sp.
Thescelus insiliens n. sp. Hay 1908 turtle AMNH 1108 (Hay, 1908, pls. 24, 25), an almost complete shell
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