DMNH 2387, Brown's Baioconodon (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Jefferson County, Colorado (39.8° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 83.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Denver Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the DMNH

Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176744: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 28.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae Hay 1902 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet., "Axestemys cf. puercensis" = Trionyx singularis
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
"Axestemys cf. puercensis" = Trionyx singularis Hay 1907 softshell turtle
 Testudinata -
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle