NMMNH locality 1404 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (36.2° N, 107.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 87.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Nacimiento Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM

Primary reference: A. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2018. The trionychid turtle Axestemys montinsana from the Paleocene Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Fossil Record 6. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:369-373 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197328: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Axestemys montinsana Vitek 2012 softshell turtle
NMMNH P-6062, an articulated right hyoplastron and hypoplastron