DMNH 2596, Zigzags (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Arapahoe County, Colorado (39.6° N, 104.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 82.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Denver Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the DMNH

Primary reference: J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176752: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 28.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae
"Plastomeninae indet." = Plastomenidae Hay 1902 turtle
"Plastomenine A"