UCMP V81242, Turtle Haven N1: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Bridgeremys pusilla
(Hay 1908)
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 95.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
Age range of interval: | 50.30000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bridger | Member: | Blacks Fork |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Database number: | 176703 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-02-27 21:13:15 | Last modified: | 2016-02-27 21:13:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-27 21:13:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
58299. | J. H. Hutchison. 2006. Bridgeremys (Geoemydidae,Testudines), a new genus from the middle Eocene of North America. In I. G. Danilov and J. F. Parham (eds.), Fossil Turtle Research 1:63-83 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen] |