Point Gulch (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: L. Krishtalka. 1976. Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16395: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Glyptosaurus sp.1 Marsh 1871 squamates
Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Anaptomorphus aemulus2 Cope 1872 tarsier
"Paint Gulch... presumably... interval B"
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909 placental
level not known
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus gracilis3 Marsh 1872 placental
level not stated
 Theriamorpha -
"Miacis hargeri" = Vulpavus hargeri3
"Miacis hargeri" = Vulpavus hargeri3 Wortman 1901 placental
level not stated