UCMP V77050 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.5° N, 92.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Main Body Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168328: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 19.04.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Planetochelys dithyros n. sp. Hutchison 2013 turtle