A few miles from Fort Bridger: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by J. Van A. Carter 1871

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baena undata n. sp. Leidy 1871
1 specimen
recombined as Chisternon undatum
ANSP 10040 (Leidy, 1873, pl. 14), a partial shell.
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys wyomingensis n. sp. Leidy 1870
Leidy 1869
ANSP 9777, epiplastron
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudo corsoni Leidy 1871
Leidy 1873
recombined as Hadrianus corsoni
Some of them had been previously collected by Drs. Corson and Carter, and others were found during our explorations of the buttes near Fort Bridger
Emys carteri n. sp. Leidy 1871
Leidy 1871
synonym of Hadrianus corsoni
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Emys haydeni n. sp. Leidy 1870
Leidy 1870
recombined as Echmatemys haydeni
USNM 109 (holotype), a partial carapace
Emys stevensonianus n. sp. Leidy 1870
Leidy 1870
recombined as Echmatemys stevensoniana
USNM 963 (anterior lobe), 965 (partial carapace), 967 (anterior lobe) (syntype series) (Leidy 1873, pl. 9.2–4)
Emys jeanesi n. sp. Leidy 1870
Leidy 1870
recombined as Echmatemys jeanesi
USNM 962 (holotype), a partial shell (Leidy 1873, pl. 10; Hay 1908, figs. 392, 393).
Reptilia - Testudines
Trionyx guttatus Leidy 1869
Leidy 1869
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
Many fragments, both of the carapace and plastron of soft-shelled turtles, collected during Professor Hayden's expedition of 1870, and subsequently bj' Drs. Carter and Corson at various localities in the vicinity of Fort Bridger, appear to be referable to the same species as the above
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri n. gen., n. sp. Leidy 1869
Leidy 1869
unclassified
Baptemys wyomingensis n. gen., n. sp. (Leidy 1870)
Leidy 1870
original and current combination Emys wyomingensis
ANSP 10074, partial shell
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 41.3° North, 110.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.3° North, 96.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Bridgerian
Age range of interval:50.30000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bridger
Stratigraphy comments: Probably from the Bridger Formation.
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:ANSP
Collectors:J. Van A. Carter Collection dates:1871
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: J. Van A. Carter, (possibly) 1871.
Metadata
Database number:128447
Authorizer:R. Benson, E. Vlachos Enterer:R. Benson, E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-06-09 00:03:33 Last modified:2012-06-08 09:03:33
Access level:the public Released:2012-06-09 00:03:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

704. E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

64379 E. D. Cope. 1873. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology. In F.V. Hayden (ed.), Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 545-649 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
63670 J. Leidy. 1869. Notice of some extinct vertebrates from Wyoming and Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:63-67 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Carrano]
30725ETE J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on Poikilopleuron valens, Clidastes intermedius, Macrosaurus proriger, Baptemys wyomingensis, and Emys stevensonianus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):3-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]
14410ETE J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
63673 J. Leidy. 1871. Remarks on fossil vertebrates from Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(2):228-229 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
11982 J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]