UCMP V70272: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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| Stidham 2015 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| UCMP 134932 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 108.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.6° North, 81.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lignite |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 168323 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-04-19 22:49:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-19 22:49:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55096. | J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |
Secondary references:
| 62272 | T. A. Stidham. 2015. A new species of Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae) from the Early Eocene Wasatch Formation of Wyoming: implications for palaeoecology and palaeobiology . Palaeontology 58(2):239-249 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |