Tule Springs: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
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Uintatherium anceps
(Marsh 1871)
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Wheeler 1961 | |||||||||
| includes types of "Dinoceras reflexum" and "U. segne" from Bridger C or D based on geography | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon pulcher
Marsh 1872
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| "probably in Bridger C" | ||||||||||
| 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: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:shown on map of Wheeler 1961 at junction of Cottonwood Creek and Sage Creek, i.e., very close to Sage Creek White Layer in map of West 1976a contra Lillegraven et al. 1981, this is not the same as Cattail Springs (see) and is actually well to the west of it | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16442 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2014-11-13 12:29:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2241. | J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 3622 | W. H. Wheeler. 1961. Revision of the Uintatheres. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 14:1-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |