Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 96.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• "in the Eocene, Bridger"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by E. C. Case in 1926; reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: E. C. Case. 1927. A new species of trionychid turtle, Amyda nelsoni, from the Eocene beds of southwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Geology, University of Michigan 2(11):223-226 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99835: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.11.2010, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Saniwa ensidens n. sp.
Saniwa ensidens n. sp. Leidy 1870 squamates USNM 2185 (holotype), partial skeleton including skull and lower jaw; from "vicinity of Granger"
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"Amyda nelsoni n. sp." = Trionyx uintaensis
"Amyda nelsoni n. sp." = Trionyx uintaensis Cope 1873 softshell turtle |