Hams Fork (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Ham's Fork

Where: Wyoming (42.2° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 96.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• Bridger Eocene near Ham's Fork, Wyoming, therefore in the lowest division. A, of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

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 131861: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 31.07.2012, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa Leidy 1870 turtle
A perfect specimen of smaller size than those of the preceding species, and one about equal to the Ptychemys rugosa, is not dissimilar in form
"Baena undata" = Chisternon undatum Leidy 1871 turtle
A partially complete specimen of this species
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira radulina n. sp. Cope 1872 turtle
USNM 4096: two peripheral bones
 Life -
"Baena ponderosa n. sp." = Baptemys wyomingensis
"Baena ponderosa n. sp." = Baptemys wyomingensis Leidy 1870
USNM specimen