Fossil Butte National Monument (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (41.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: FOBU, Fossil Butte National Monument, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA

Primary reference: A. J. Lichtig, S. E. Jasinski, and S. G. Lucas. 2019. Eocene North American Testudinidae and Geoemydidae (Reptilia, Testudines): A re-evaluation of their alpha taxonomy, ecology and origin. Proceedings of the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Geosciences 1-6 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206092: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 30.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantestudinidae
Hadrianus corsoni Leidy 1871 turtle
FOBU 14015, hatchling turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Echmatemys naomi Hay 1908 turtle
FOBU 14014, articulated skeleton