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 | |
"Palaeacodon verus" = Microsyops elegans
"Palaeacodon verus" = Microsyops elegans Marsh 1871 primate | |
Hyrachyus nanus, "Hyrachyus agrarius" = Hyrachyus modestus
Hyrachyus nanus Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate
"Hyrachyus agrarius" = Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate | |
Reptilia | |
Chisternon undatum Leidy 1871 turtle Perhaps it may belong to Chisternon, but the opinion is conjectural
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"Saniwa major n. sp." = Saniwa ensidens
"Saniwa major n. sp." = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates | |
Aves | |
"Minerva saurodosis n. sp." = Protostrix saurodosis
"Minerva saurodosis n. sp." = Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921 owl | |
Gastropoda | |
Helix wyomingensis slug |