White River Badlands (coll. D.D. Owen, USNM, St. nebrascensis type locality): Rupelian, South Dakota
collected by D.D. Owen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Stylemys nebrascensis n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1851
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| USNM V 97, partial shell | ||||||||||
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Emys oweni n. sp.
Leidy 1851
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Leidy 1851 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylemys nebrascensis | ||||||||||
| USNM V 95, partial shell | ||||||||||
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Testudo lata n. sp.
Leidy 1851
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Leidy 1851 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylemys nebrascensis | ||||||||||
| ANSP 10072, partial shell | ||||||||||
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Emys culbertsonii n. sp.
Leidy 1852
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Leidy 1852 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylemys nebrascensis | ||||||||||
| USNM V 2348, almost complete shell | ||||||||||
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Emys hemispherica n. sp.
Leidy 1851
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Leidy 1851 | |||||||||
| synonym of Stylemys nebrascensis | ||||||||||
| USNM V 98, partial shell | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota |
| Coordinates: | 43.8° North, 102.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.6° North, 95.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | Mammal zone: | Orellan NALMA |
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White River | Formation: | Brule | Member: | Orella |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | D.D. Owen |
| Collection method comments: Also Prof. Baird from the Smithsonian facilitated the study of specimen by Leidy | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 190539 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | ||
| Created: | 2017-12-11 07:28:03 | Last modified: | 2022-12-02 14:32:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-11 07:28:03 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64068. | J. Leidy. 1851. [Description of a new fossil tortoise from Nebraska territory]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5:172-173 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 12192 | J. Leidy. 1851. [Descriptions of a number of fossil reptiles and mammals] . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5:325-328 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 64069 | J. Leidy. 1851. [Description of a two new fossil tortoises from Nebraska territory]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5:173 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
| 13001 | J. Leidy. 1852. [Description of Emys culbertsonii]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos] |