Hardin County (Lawrence and Elliot collection): Pleistocene, Texas
collected by essrs. George N. Lawrence and D. G. Elliot

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Trachemys trulla n. sp. Hay 1908
Hay 1908
nomen dubium belonging to Trachemys
AMNH 3934 (holotype), isolated plastral fragments (Hay 1908, fig. 453, pl. 56.2–6)
Reptilia - Testudines
Emys petrolei n. sp. Leidy 1868
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea
AMNH 3933, various plastral fragments
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas
Coordinates: 30.3° North, 94.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.4° North, 94.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: from blue clay and sand beneath a bed of bitumen, in Hardin County, Texas
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Collectors:essrs. George N. Lawrence and D. G. Elliot
Metadata
Also known as:Harden County
Database number:190996
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:E. Vlachos
Created:2018-01-02 14:24:04 Last modified:2018-01-02 14:24:45
Access level:the public Released:2018-01-02 14:24:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63667. J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of Some Vertebrate Remains from Harden County, Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:174-176 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

14442ETE O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]