Cottonwood Creek badlands (Bridger B): Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by Hayden, Cope 1871–1872

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Protagras lacustris n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1871
Cope 1872
synonym of Boavus occidentalis
Reptilia - Baenidae
Chisternon undatum (Leidy 1871)
Hay 1908
AMNH 5974, shell
Baena hebraica n. sp. Cope 1872
1 specimen
synonym of Chisternon undatum
USNM specimen
Reptilia - Testudines
Trionyx thomasii n. sp. Cope 1872
recombined as Plastomenus thomasii
Those specimens which Professor Cope figured in his great work of 1884 under the name P. multifoveatus must be regarded as the type of the present species [P. thomasi] AMNH and USNM specimens from Cottonwood Creek
Anostira trionychoides n. sp. Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
Anostira molopina n. sp. Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
Anostira oedemia n. sp. Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
Including the type AMNH 3937
Trionyx concentricus n. sp. Cope 1872
1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae
AMNH 1049 (holotype), 4 fragments of costal plates, 3 of which belong to the proximal ends, and I to the distal end, of their respective plates
Anostira ornata (Leidy 1871)
Cope 1873
original and current combination Anosteira ornata
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx uintaensis Cope 1873
Osborn et al. 1878
Trionyx scutumantiquum n. sp. Cope 1873
Cope 1873 1 specimen
recombined as Oliveremys uintaensis
AMNH 1035 (holotype), nearly complete carapace and a considerable part of the plastron
Axestus byssinus Cope 1872
recombined as Axestemys byssinus
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emys wyomingensis Leidy 1870
Osborn et al. 1878
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Palaeotheca polycypha n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Echmatemys
Palaeotheca terrestris n. sp. Cope 1872
3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Echmatemys
Emys haydeni Leidy 1870
Cope 1884
recombined as Echmatemys haydeni
central parts of a carapace and plastron
Emys shaugnessiana n. sp. Cope 1882
Cope 1882
synonym of Echmatemys lativertebralis
AMNH 1069 (holotype), an almost complete shell
Reptilia - Testudines
Hadrianus allabiatus n. sp. Cope 1871
Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea
Testudo hadriana n. sp. Cope 1872
synonym of Hadrianus corsoni
Hadrianus quadratus n. sp. Cope 1871
Cope 1871
synonym of Hadrianus corsoni
same as Testudo hadriana
Hadrianus octonaria n. gen., n. sp. (Cope 1871)
Cope 1871
synonym of Hadrianus corsoni
Reptilia
Naocephalus porrectus n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Eolacertilia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Uinta
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.2° North, 96.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Hayden, Cope Collection dates:1871–1872
Metadata
Database number:130809
Authorizer:R. Benson, E. Vlachos, M. Carrano Enterer:R. Benson, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-14 01:15:07 Last modified:2014-10-23 16:08:57
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-14 01:15:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
53110. E. D. Cope. 1872. Descriptions of some new Vertebrata from the Bridger Group of the Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:460-465 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

53109 E. D. Cope. 1871. Second account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:466-468 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos]
53112 E. D. Cope. 1872. Third account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Valley. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-4 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
64538 E. D. Cope. 1882. The Reptiles of the American Eocene. The American Naturalist 16(12):979-993 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
64539 E. D. Cope. 1884. Testudinata. In F. Hayden (ed.), The Vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West. In: Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 3:111-150 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
14442ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
53285 H. F. Osborn, W. B. Scott, and F. Speir. 1878. Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877. Contributions from the Museum of Geology and Archæology of Princeton College 1:1-146 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]