Purple Hills, USGS D1177 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V86001

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.2° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 91.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison. 1991. Early Kinosterninae (Reptilia: Testudines) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):145-167 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168285: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 19.04.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Baltemys staurogastros Hutchison 1991 mud turtle