Where: Fremont County, Colorado (38.5° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 52.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Morrison Formation, Kimmeridgian to Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 145.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O.W. Lucas in 1876 or 1877; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
• one of Cope's collector
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1979. The Jurassic turtles of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 162(3):95-135 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137746: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 19.12.2012
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Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Compsemys plicatulus n. sp." = Glyptops plicatulus
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