PBDB Collection

Omomys Quarry: Bridgerian, Wyoming

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Omalodiscus sp.	Murphey et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae

	Stagnicola ? sp. Jeffreys 1830	Murphey et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae

	Physa sp. Draparnaud 1801	Murphey et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

	Biomphalaria sp. Preston 1910	Murphey et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gastrocoptidae

	Gastrocopta sp. Wollaston 1878	Murphey et al. 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bulimulidae

	Oreoconus ? sp. McKenna et al. 1962	Murphey et al. 2001
Osteichthyes

	Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia

	Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Marsupialia

	Marsupialia indet. (Illiger 1811)
	ETE occurrence; species: Marsupialia
Mammalia

	Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850	Murphey et al. 2001

	Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

	Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Insectivora

	Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
	ETE occurrence; species: Insectivora

	Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae

	Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Artiodactyla

	Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Homacodontidae

	Homacodon sp. Marsh 1872	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Geolabididae

	Centetodon sp. Marsh 1872	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

	Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Apternodontidae

	Apternodontidae indet. Matthew 1910	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Entomolestes sp. Matthew 1909	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
	ETE occurrence; species: Rodentia

	Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

	Sciuravidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918	Murphey et al. 2001

	Pauromys sp. Troxell 1923	Murphey et al. 2001

	Sciuravus sp. Marsh 1871	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876	Murphey et al. 2001

	Thisbemys sp. Wood 1959	Murphey et al. 2001

	Microparamys sp. Wood 1959	Murphey et al. 2001

	Paramys sp. Leidy 1871	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

	Omomys sp. Leidy 1869
	= Omomys carteri Leidy 1869	Payseur et al. 1999
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

	Notharctus sp. Leidy 1870	Murphey et al. 2001
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

	Uintasorex sp. Matthew 1909	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia

	Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Serpentes

	Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Iguanidae

	Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Agamidae

	Tinosaurus sp. (Marsh 1872)	Murphey et al. 2001
	synonym of Saniwa
Reptilia

	Saniwa sp. Leidy 1870	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

	Palaeotheca sp. Cope 1872	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

	Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Testudines

	Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)	Murphey et al. 2001
	synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Crocodilia

	Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842	Murphey et al. 2001
	spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
Reptilia

	Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Burhinidae

	Burhinidae indet. Mathews 1912	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae

	Presbyornis sp. Wetmore 1926
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Rallidae

	Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Coraciiformes

	Coraciiformes indet. Forbes 1884
	ETE occurrence; species: Coraciformes
Reptilia - Strigiformes

	Strigiformes indet. Wagler 1830
	ETE occurrence; species: Strigiformes
Reptilia

	Juncitarsus gracillimus Olson and Feduccia 1980	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Geranoididae

	Geranoididae indet. Wetmore 1933	Murphey et al. 2001
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

	Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816	Murphey et al. 2001
Amphibia

	Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758	Murphey et al. 2001
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Murphey et al. 2001
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766	Murphey et al. 2001
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

	Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843	Murphey et al. 2001
Charales - Characea

	Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753	Murphey et al. 2001
Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

	Dennstaedtiopsis aerenchymata Arnold and Daugherty 1964	Murphey et al. 2001
unclassified

	Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959	Murphey et al. 2001
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Wyoming	County:	Uinta
Coordinates:	41.2° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	45.2° North, 96.8° 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

Formation:	Bridger	Member:	upper
Local section:	Bridg	Local bed:	5
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some genera
Reason for describing collection:	taphonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:placed in Bridger C by Payseur et al. 1999 see also Anemone et al. 2000, Ross and Covert 2000

Metadata

Also known as:	UCM 93026
Database number:	16296
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot, A. Behrensmeyer	Enterer:	J. Alroy, A. Behrensmeyer, J. Marcot
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2002-05-15 00:00:00	Last modified:	2007-03-09 19:49:08
Access level:	the public	Released:	2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

5778.

ETE 1538

P. C. Murphy. 1996. Depositional setting and fauna on the Omomys Quarry, a possible owl site in the Bridger Formation (Middle Eocene) of Southwestern Wyoming. In: Fifty-sixth annual meeting. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts of papers. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3, Suppl.):55A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]

Secondary references:

53349		P. C. Murphey, L. L. Torick, E. S. Bray, R. Chandler, and E. Evanoff. 2001. Taphonomy, Fauna, and Depositional Environment of the Omomys Quarry, an Unusual Accumulation From the Bridger Formation (Middle Eocene) of Southwestern Wyoming (USA). In G. F. Gunnell (ed.), Eocene Biodiversity: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats 361-402 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Uhen]
2742		B. A. Payseur, H. H. Covert, C. J. Vinyard and M. Dagosto. 1999. New body mass estimates for Omomys carteri, a middle Eocene primate from North America. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 109:41-52 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]