Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (42.9° N, 104.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 48.5° N, 88.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Brule Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

• Brule, presumably Orellan because no Whitneyan collections are present in the area

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. B. Pearce in 1942; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1946. The osteology of the fossil turtle Testudo praeextans Lambe, with notes on other species of Testudo from the Oligocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 96(3199):293-310 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99851: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.11.2010

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