Sandy Creek: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Hybemys arenarius n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1871
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Leidy 1871 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea | ||||||||||
ANSP indet. (holotype), a peripheral plate | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Leidy 1873 | |||||||||
Another fragment of a costal plate, from Little Sandy Creek, is represented in Fig. 12 of the same plate. This specimen differs from the former in being crossed by widely separated ridges, with the intervals finely pitted. | ||||||||||
Amyda aequa
Hay 1908
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Hay 1908 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Trionyx aequa | ||||||||||
AMNH 3938 (carapace), collected by Messrs. Granger and Sinclair, in 1905 from the mouth of Big Sandy Creek | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
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Bathyopsis middleswarti n. sp.
Wheeler 1961
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= Bathyopsis fissidens
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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 |
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
Metadata
Database number: | 16410 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1623. | C. L. Gazin. 1976. Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26:1-25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
64372 | J. Leidy. 1871. [Remarks on extinct turtles from Wyoming territory]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23:102-103 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |