Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.4° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 91.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• "Lower Gray Bull formation, Lower Eocene" (= Willwood Formation, Wasatchian)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by T. C. Storch in 1927
• Princeton University Palaeontological Museum collection
Primary reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1928. Omorhamphus, a new flightless bird from the Lower Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 67(1):51-65 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
"Omorhamphus storchii n. gen. n. sp." = Diatryma gigantea
"Omorhamphus storchii n. gen. n. sp." = Diatryma gigantea Cope 1876 bird |