NMMNH 6516: Wasatchian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Echmatemys lativertebralis (Cope 1877)
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]