Where: Rio Blanco County, Colorado (40.1° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: DeBeque Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• reported to be Wa4-6
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported and claystone
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the DMNH
Primary reference: A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Paleocene-Eocene turtles of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:145-152 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176837: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 05.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Echmatemys cf. lativertebralis Cope 1877 turtle | |
Baptemys sp. Leidy 1870 mud turtle |