3 miles above the mouth of Cottonwood Creek (middle third of Bridger beds) (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• middle third of the Bridger beds
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous, calcareous sandstone
• The matrix in which the specimen was found is a calcareous and argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. P. Hay; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
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 131940: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 02.08.2012
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"Aspidonectes tritor n. sp." = Trionyx uintaensis
"Aspidonectes tritor n. sp." = Trionyx uintaensis Cope 1873 softshell turtle AMNH 5913, holotype skull
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