Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (42.9° N, 104.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 97.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• "Oligocene clay" (presumably Brule equivalent, early Oligocene in modern usage)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1924; reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: E. C. Case. 1925. A specimen of Stylemys nebrascensis Leidy, with the skull preserved. Contributions from the Museum of Geology, University of Michigan 2(4):87-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 99836: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Stylemys nebrascensis Leidy 1851 turtle |