Near the head of Alamosa Creek (Alamosemys substricta type locality) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (35.4° N, 102.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 82.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Torrejonian (63.3 - 61.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Dr. J. L. Wortman and Mr. W. Granger in 1896; reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131856: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 31.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Adocidae
Alamosemys substricta n. gen. n. sp.
Alamosemys substricta n. gen. n. sp. Hay 1908 turtle
AMNH 1204, holotype shell