DMNH 2546, Energizer Turtle: Puercan, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Axestemys cf. puercensis
(Hay 1908)
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| synonym of Trionyx singularis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | El Paso |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 104.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° North, 82.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 65.674 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Denver |
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: | DMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176746 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-28 23:06:45 | Last modified: | 2019-10-25 13:28:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-28 23:06:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26071. | J. H. Hutchison and P. A. Holroyd. 2003. Late Cretaceous and early Paleocene turtles of the Denver Basin, Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 38(1):121-142 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |