Lodge-Pole Trail (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Dry Creek

Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.3° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 96.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Can A. Carter in 1872

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• ANSP collection

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 106325: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.03.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Microsyopidae
"Palaeacodon verus" = Microsyops elegans
"Palaeacodon verus" = Microsyops elegans Marsh 1871 primate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus nanus, "Hyrachyus agrarius" = Hyrachyus modestus
Hyrachyus nanus Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate
"Hyrachyus agrarius" = Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Chisternon undatum Leidy 1871 turtle
Perhaps it may belong to Chisternon, but the opinion is conjectural
 Squamata -
"Saniwa major n. sp." = Saniwa ensidens
"Saniwa major n. sp." = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates
Aves
 Strigiformes - Protostrigidae
"Minerva saurodosis n. sp." = Protostrix saurodosis
"Minerva saurodosis n. sp." = Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921 owl
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae