Sage Creek (Bridger D) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Sage Creek Spring

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16407: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
"Telmatherium manteoceras" = Telmatherium validus1
"Telmatherium manteoceras" = Telmatherium validus1 Marsh 1872 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus eximius2 Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
"Horizon D"; includes Wood's type of "H. hypostylus" from "Bridger D at Sage Creek Spring"
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys delicatus Leidy 1871 rodent
"Bridger D of Sage Creek Springs"