NMMNH 6516: Wasatchian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Echmatemys lativertebralis
(Cope 1877)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico |
Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 106.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° North, 91.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | San Jose |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Metadata
Database number: | 176911 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-03-06 01:33:21 | Last modified: | 2016-03-06 01:33:21 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-06 01:33:21 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
58368. | A. J. Lichtig and S. G. Lucas. 2015. Turtles of the lower Eocene San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 67:161-177 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |