Fault (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as B-1; Big Sandy; UW V-570001
Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 96.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. M. West. 1973. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the New Fork-Big Sandy area, Sublette County, Wyoming. Fieldiana: Geology 29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 16219: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
• due to errors and omissions in their list, I am unsure if the following "Bridger, Big Sandy" records of Black and Sutton 1984 pertain to Fault: Paramys excavatus Leptotomus parvus "Ischyrotomus oweni"
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Apatemys bellulus Marsh 1872 eutherian | |
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Hyopsodus paulus Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
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Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872 placental
Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental | |
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Orohippus cf. pumilus Marsh 1871 horse includes "Helohyus cf. plicodon": Stucky 1994 (pers. comm. 5.4.94)
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Palaeosyops fontinalis Cope 1873 brontothere | |
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Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Tapiroidea indet. Gill 1872 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Antiacodon pygmaeus Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate | |
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"Didelphodus altidens" = Centetodon altidens Marsh 1872 placental | |
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"Scenopagus priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872 placental | |
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Creotarsinae indet. Hay 1930 placental | |
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Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871 rodent
Taxymys lucaris Marsh 1872 rodent | |
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Reithroparamys huerfanensis Wood 1962 rodent | |
Microparamys sp., Microparamys minutus, "Acritoparamys wyomingensis" = Paramys wyomingensis1, Paramys delicatus
Microparamys minutus Wilson 1937 rodent
Paramys delicatus Leidy 1871 rodent | |
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Smilodectes gracilis Marsh 1871 primate | |
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Omomys carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
Washakius insignis Leidy 1873 tarsier | |
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Microsyops elegans Marsh 1871 primate | |
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"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum3, Herpetotherium knighti4, Herpetotherium cf. marsupium1
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| Scenopagus edenensis | |
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Scenopagus edenensis McGrew et al. 1959 | |