Also known as Emys septarius type locality
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 95.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. D. Cope
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology. In F.V. Hayden (ed.), Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 545-649 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 191004: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 03.01.2018
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Taxonomic list
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"Emys septarius n. sp." = Echmatemys stevensoniana
"Emys septarius n. sp." = Echmatemys stevensoniana Leidy 1870 turtle USNM 4088, a partial plastron, and USNM 4114, several disarticulated shell fragments (syntype series)
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