NMMNH locality L-235 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: New Mexico (36.2° N, 107.7° W: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 92.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: A. Lichtig, J. H. Hutchison, and S. G. Lucas. 2018. Additional records of turtles from the Eocene San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Fossil Record 6. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 79:319-322 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197329: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 05.11.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Baltemys sp. Hutchison 1991 mud turtle
P-9913, left hyoplastron and two hypoplastral fragments, costal fragments, five peripheral fragments from locality L-235; P-54916, two hypoplastral fragments from locality L-235