North of Whitman Post Office: Orellan, Wyoming
collected by G. B. Pearce 1942

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo quadrata (Cope 1884)
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae
U.S.N.M. No. 16737
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudo praeextans Lambe 1913
synonym of Gopherus laticuneus
U.S.N.M. No. 16728 (1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Niobrara
Coordinates: 42.9° North, 104.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.1° North, 96.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Orellan
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 33.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Brule
Stratigraphy comments: Brule, presumably Orellan because no Whitneyan collections are present in the area
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:USNM
Collectors:G. B. Pearce Collection dates:1942
Metadata
Database number:99847
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-11-25 10:29:15 Last modified:2010-11-24 17:36:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-11-25 10:29:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

760. C. W. Gilmore. 1946. The osteology of the fossil turtle Testudo praeextans Lambe, with notes on other species of Testudo from the Oligocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96(3199):293-310 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]