Head of the Escavada Canyon (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 87.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Dr. J. L. Wortman in 1896; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131858: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 31.07.2012
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Taxonomic list
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"Hoplochelys saliens n. sp." = Hoplochelys crassa, "Hoplochelys paludosa n. sp." = Hoplochelys crassa
"Hoplochelys saliens n. sp." = Hoplochelys crassa Cope 1888 mud turtle AMNH 1200 holotype crushed shell
"Hoplochelys paludosa n. sp." = Hoplochelys crassa Cope 1888 mud turtle AMNH 6079: found by Mr. Barnum Brown, in 1904, in Escavada Canyon, New Mexico, where H. saliens was discovered
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