Henry's Fork Hill (Bridger D): Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
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Uintatherium anceps
(Marsh 1871)
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Wheeler 1961 | |||||||||
Bridger D4 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex parvulus n. sp.
Matthew 1909
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from Bridger D; Henry's Fork area according to Gazin 1958a, Szalay 1969c | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus robustior
Leidy 1872
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Granger and Gregory 1917 | |||||||||
Bridger D4; see also Robinson 1957 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Uintanius turriculorum
Matthew 1915
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Matthew 1915 | |||||||||
= Uintanius ameghini
Wortman 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"Horizon D4 on Henry's Fork Hill"; see also Gazin 1958a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Telmatherium cultridens n. sp.
(Osborn et al. 1878)
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Osborn 1929 | |||||||||
synonym of Telmatherium validus | ||||||||||
upper Bridger, and referred specimen from Bridger D3; type is said to be from Henry's Fork Divide by Gazin 1976 | ||||||||||
Palaeosyops robustus
(Marsh 1872)
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Osborn 1929 | |||||||||
referred material from D3, D4 | ||||||||||
Palaeosyops paludosus
Leidy 1870
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Lane 1932 | |||||||||
= Palaeosyops fontinalis
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
includes type of "Palaeosyops paludosus confluentus": from "horizon C5-D4 about a mile northeast of Cedar Creek Mountain" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Helohyidae
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Helohyus lentus
(Marsh 1871)
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Sinclair 1914 | |||||||||
Henry's Fork Hill, Bridger D3; i.d. confirmed by West 1984 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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Antiacodon venustus n. sp.
Marsh 1872
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West 1984 | |||||||||
Bridger D | ||||||||||
Homacodon vagans n. sp.
Marsh 1872
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West 1984 | |||||||||
Bridger D | ||||||||||
Microsus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Sinclair 1914 | |||||||||
Bridger D4 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Thinocyon medius
(Wortman 1902)
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Morlo and Gunnell 2003 | |||||||||
original and current combination Limnocyon medius | ||||||||||
"Henrys Fork, Twin Buttes Member, Upper Bridger Formation" also "Br-3" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus despiciens n. sp.
Matthew 1909
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= Hyopsodus paulus
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"top of Horizon D" Henry's Fork area according to Gazin 1976 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys bellus
Marsh 1872
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"upper part of Bridger D"; type is from Henry's Fork area according to Gazin 1958a, and I believe Matthew would not have referred non- Henry's Fork material without mentioning its provenance | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Pristichampsus vorax
(Troxell 1925)
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Langston 1975 | |||||||||
recombined as Boverisuchus vorax | ||||||||||
AMNH 2090 (fragmentary skeleton) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 95.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
Age range of interval: | 50.30000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Taxonomic list comments:not the same as North of Cedar Mountain (see) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Cedar Mountain; Henry's Fork Table | ||
Database number: | 16236 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
7017. | W. D. Matthew. 1909. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9:289-567 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1698 | W. Granger and W. K. Gregory. 1917. A revision of the Eocene primates of the genus Notharctus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37(34) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2207 | H. H. Lane. 1932. Variations in Palaeosyops. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 20(18):319-326 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
46624 | W. Langston. 1975. Ziphodont crocodiles: Pristichampsus vorax (Troxell), new combination. Fieldiana: Geology 33(16):291-314 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] | |
2471 | W. D. Matthew. 1915. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. - Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivora (part). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34(14):429-483 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] | |
52289 | M. Morlo and G. F. Gunnell. 2003. Small Limnocyonines (Hyaenodontidae, Mammalia) From the Bridgerian Middle Eocene of Wyoming: Thinocyon, Prolimnocyon, And Iridodon, New Genus. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 31(2):43-78 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
2708 | H. F. Osborn. 1929. New Eurasiatic and American proboscideans. American Museum Novitates 393:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
3164 | W. J. Sinclair. 1914. A revision of the bunodont artiodactyla of the Middle and Lower Eocene of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(21):267-295 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3606 | R. M. West. 1984. Paleontology and Geology of the Bridger Formation, Southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 7. Survey of Bridgerian Artiodactyla, including description of a skull and partial skeleton of Antiacodon pygmaeus. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 56:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3622 | W. H. Wheeler. 1961. Revision of the Uintatheres. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 14:1-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |