Also known as Roslyn
Where: Kittitas County, Washington (47.3° N, 121.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 108.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Duchesnean zone, Roslyn Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: quarrying,
• "The preservation of the fine specimen is due to the intelligent interest of Mr. P. Y. Heckman, of Eoslyn, from whom it was obtained for the U. S. ISTational Museum. The Museum is indebted to Dr. F. H. Knowlton for his friendly offices in securing this species."
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1899. Descriptions of two new species of tortoise from the Tertiary of the United States. Proceedings of the US National Museum 22(1181):21-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 185720: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 10.05.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Acherontemys heckmani n. gen. n. sp.
Acherontemys heckmani n. gen. n. sp. Hay 1899 turtle |