Rainbow Butte: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus cf. minusculus
Leidy 1873
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| confirmed by Redline 1997 | ||||||||||
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Hyopsodus paulus
Leidy 1870
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| confirmed by Redline 1997 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Mesonychidae indet.
Cope 1875
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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cf. Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
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Palaeanodonta indet.
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Bunophorus sinclairi
Guthrie 1966
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Stucky and Krishtalka 1990 | |||||||||
| "B. sp. A" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Palaeosyops borealis
Cope 1880
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= Eotitanops borealis
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon ventorum
(Cope 1880)
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= Heptodon calciculus
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus cf. robinsoni
Gingerich 1979
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius witteri
Morris 1954
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= Artimonius witteri
Morris 1954
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops cf. scottianus
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Xenochelys lostcabinensis
Hutchison 1991
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Hutchison 1991 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Natrona |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 92.8° 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 | *Local age/stage: | Gardnerbuttean |
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wind River | Member: | Lost Cabin | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be Gardnerbuttean |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 11 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 11, excluding generically indeterminate records | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCM 80065 | ||
| Database number: | 16397 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:27:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3329. | R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [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] | |
| 691 | J. H. Hutchison. 1991. Early Kinosterninae (Reptilia: Testudines) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):145-167 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3335 | R. K. Stucky and L. Krishtalka. 1990. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 10. Bunophorus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(2):149-171 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |