Pittsbridge on the Brazos River: Miocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo annae n. sp.
Hay 1923
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| nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae | |||||||
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Testudo ? crassiscutata
Leidy 1889
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Hay 1916 | ||||||
| recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Burleson |
| Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 96.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 93.7° West |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Age guesstimated based on other localities in 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190386 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Holroyd, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-07 01:57:32 | Last modified: | 2017-12-07 01:57:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-07 01:57:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24940. | O. P. Hay. 1923. Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates. Pan-American Geologist 39:101-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 54433 | O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas 71:3-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |