North Rawlins coalfield: Wasatchian, Wyoming
collected by E. E. Smith 1907
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater County |
| Coordinates: | 42.0° North, 107.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° North, 91.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | E. E. Smith | Collection dates: | 1907 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 177320 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-03-24 07:02:02 | Last modified: | 2016-03-24 07:02:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-24 07:02:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58548. | O. P. Hay. 1908. Descriptions of five species of North American fossil turtles, four of which are new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:161-169 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |
Secondary references:
| 66519 | O. P. Hay. 1909. Descriptions of five species of North American fossil turtles, four of which are new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35:161-169 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |