Trionyx leptomitus type locality (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Rio Arriba County County, New Mexico (35.2° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 91.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Jose Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• Originally described as Wasatch Formation.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMMNH

Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army 5-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177021: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 16.03.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
Trionyx leptomitus n. sp. Cope 1875 turtle