R.C. Hills #5: Bridgerian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Trogosus grangeri
Gazin 1953
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Helaletes cf. nanus
(Marsh 1871)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Palaeosyops fontinalis
Cope 1873
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Huerfano |
Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 105.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 91.8° 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 |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Gardnerbuttean - "upper faunal zone" |
Metadata
Database number: | 16398 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2921. | P. Robinson. 1966. Fossil Mammalia of the Huerfano Formation, Eocene, of Colorado. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 21:1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |