DMNS locality 4267: Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Echmatemys cf. lativertebralis
(Cope 1877)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Baptemys sp.
Leidy 1870
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Rio Blanco |
| Coordinates: | 40.1° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.9° North, 92.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | DeBeque | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: reported to be Wa4-6 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Secondary lithology: | claystone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176837 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-05 18:28:44 | Last modified: | 2016-03-05 18:28:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-05 18:28:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58364. | A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Paleocene-Eocene turtles of the Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:145-152 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |