Washakie B Princeton Expedition 1950: Uintan, Wyoming
collected by William J. Morris 1950--
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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| YPM VPPU 016104 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 88.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.2 - 39.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Washakie |
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: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | William J. Morris | Collection dates: | 1950-07-03 |
| Collection method comments: Princeton 1950 Expedition, 1950-07-03 | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 177037 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Nicholson | Enterer: | D. Nicholson |
| Created: | 2016-03-17 12:06:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-03-17 12:06:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58395. | N. S. Vitek. 2011. Insights into the Taxonomy and Systematics of North American Eocene Soft-Shelled Turtles from a Well-Preserved Specimen. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52(2):189-208 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/O. Alfaro] |