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
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Testudo quadrata
(Cope 1884)
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nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae | ||||||||||
U.S.N.M. No. 16737 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudo praeextans
Lambe 1913
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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] |