DMNH 2546, Energizer Turtle: Puercan, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Axestemys cf. puercensis
(Hay 1908)
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synonym of Trionyx singularis | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | El Paso |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° North, 82.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 65.674 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Denver |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 176746 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-02-28 23:06:45 | Last modified: | 2019-10-25 13:28:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-28 23:06:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26071. | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |