Near the mouth of Cottonwood Creek (Bridger B) (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
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When: Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. P. Hay in 1903; 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 131895: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 01.08.2012
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Taxonomic list
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"Plastomenus tantillus n. sp." = Plastomenus thomasii
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"Temnotrionyx manducans n. gen. n. sp." = Axestemys byssinus
"Temnotrionyx manducans n. gen. n. sp." = Axestemys byssinus Cope 1872 softshell turtle AMNH 5929, holotype partial skeleton
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