Where: Lincoln County County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 96.4° W)
When: lower Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• (Bridgerian) Bridger Formation, Bridger A, Wyoming, USA
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UW
Primary reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1979. Description of a large trionychid turtle shell from the Eocene Bridger Formation of Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 17(1):53-57 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141584: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 29.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Axestemys cerevisia n. sp.
Axestemys cerevisia n. sp. Vitek 2012 softshell turtle UW 2382, a carapace, plastron, partial pectoral and pelvic girdles, and one cervical vertebrae
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