Near Laramie Peak (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Albany County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 105.4° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 102.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Deep River Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. C. Isaak in 1880; 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 191921: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 22.02.2018
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"Testudo vaga n. sp." = Gopherus edae
"Testudo vaga n. sp." = Gopherus edae Hay 1906 gopher tortoise AMNH 1327 (holotype), a shell (Hay 1908; figs. 539–547, pl. 19.5).
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