Aycross-like Beds: Bridgerian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus cf. paulus Leidy 1870
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Anaptomorphus sp. Cope 1872
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. elegans (Marsh 1871)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Pseudotomus sundelli Eaton 1982
    = Quadratomus grossus Korth 1985
Korth 1985
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Orohippus cf. major Marsh 1874
    = Xenicohippus cf. craspedotum Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873
    = Didelphidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
compared to Copedelphys innominata and H. knighti
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Park
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.1° North, 94.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Bridgerian
Age range of interval:50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Cartr Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UW
Taxonomic list comments:above Foster Reservoir and below all other Carter Mtn sites
Metadata
Also known as:UW V-79008
Database number:16081
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1404. J. G. Eaton. 1982. Paleontology and correlation of Eocene volcanic rocks in the Carter Mountain area, Park County, southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(2):153-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2106 W. W. Korth. 1985. The Rodents Pseudotomus and Quadratomus and the Content of the Tribe Manitshini (Paramyinae, Ischyromyidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(2):139-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]