North Rawlins coalfield (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sweetwater County County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 107.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 91.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. E. Smith in 1907; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. Descriptions of five species of North American fossil turtles, four of which are new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:161-169 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177320: authorized by David Nicholson, entered by David Nicholson on 24.03.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Echmatemys rivalis n. sp." = Echmatemys lativertebralis
"Echmatemys rivalis n. sp." = Echmatemys lativertebralis Cope 1877 turtle
USNM V 5781