Aspideretes puercensis type locality, ?southern part of Rio Arriba County (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.6° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 85.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• 'Puerco beds'
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. A. Peterson in 1892; 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 131900: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.08.2012
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"Aspideretes puercensis n. sp." = Trionyx singularis
"Aspideretes puercensis n. sp." = Trionyx singularis Hay 1907 softshell turtle AMNH 1202, holotype partial shell
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