. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 48o FOSSIL TURTLES OK NORTH AMERICA. of the species. Some of the specimens mentioned by that author are either not present or have not been recognized. They had all been collected in the Bridger beds ot Wyoming. The type came from Cottonwood Creek and therefore from level B, and has the American Museum's number 3937, In the year 1903 the American Museum of Natural History sent a party into the Eocene Badlands in the region of Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Among the materials collected by this party is a nearly complete carapace and a fragmentary plast
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 48o FOSSIL TURTLES OK NORTH AMERICA. of the species. Some of the specimens mentioned by that author are either not present or have not been recognized. They had all been collected in the Bridger beds ot Wyoming. The type came from Cottonwood Creek and therefore from level B, and has the American Museum's number 3937, In the year 1903 the American Museum of Natural History sent a party into the Eocene Badlands in the region of Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Among the materials collected by this party is a nearly complete carapace and a fragmentary plastron, which are believed to belong to the above species. These parts are represented by figs. 640 and 641. The specimen bears the catalog number 5978. In form the carapace is oval, or elliptical, narrowed in front, rounded behind. It is con- siderably archt, the midline rising to a height of "/I mm. above the borders. The length is 510 mm.; the width, 270 mm. The carapace (fig. 640) consists of a nuchal, 8 pairs of costals, a preneural, and 6 neurals. The nuchal has a length of 145 mm. and a fore-and-aft width of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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