ammonites
Terrapene longinsulae type locality (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Adams County, Nebraska (40.3° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• stratigraphic unit unknown and could be anywhere from "Miocene to Pleistocene"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. B. Hatcher in 1884; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: W. G. Joyce, A. Petričević, T. R. Lyson and N. J. Czaplewski. 2012. A new box turtle from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary (latest Hemphillian) of Oklahoma and a refined chronology of box turtle diversification. Journal of Paleontology 86(1):177-190 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125719: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.03.2012

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