East of Granger: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by E. C. Case 1926

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Saniwa ensidens n. sp. Leidy 1870
Gilmore 1928 1 specimen
USNM 2185 (holotype), partial skeleton including skull and lower jaw; from "vicinity of Granger"
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Amyda nelsoni n. sp. Case 1927
synonym of Trionyx uintaensis
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.6° North, 110.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 96.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Bridgerian
Age range of interval:50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bridger
Stratigraphy comments: "in the Eocene, Bridger"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UMMP
Collectors:E. C. Case Collection dates:1926
Metadata
Database number:99835
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Barrett Enterer:J. Alroy, T. Cleary
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-24 21:00:03 Last modified:2010-11-24 04:00:03
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-24 21:00:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
34332. 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]

Secondary references:

14538 C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]