Vass Quarry: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Peradectes cf. innominatus
(Simpson 1928)
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= Herpetotheriinae indet.
Trouessart 1879
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Krishtalka and Stucky 1983 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Herpetotheriidae | ||||||||||
| either P. chesteri or Peratherium innominatum | ||||||||||
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Peratherium knighti
McGrew et al. 1959
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= Herpetotherium knighti
McGrew et al. 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Peratherium marsupium
(Troxell 1923)
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= Herpetotherium cf. marsupium
Troxell 1923
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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cf. Macrocranion sp.
Weitzel 1949
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Adapisoricidae
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? Adapisoricidae indet.
Schlosser 1887
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus cf. paulus
Leidy 1870
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Orohippus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Uintacyon sp.
Leidy 1873
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= Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Viverravinae indet.
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitheriidae indet.
Simpson 1928
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cf. Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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Scenopagus cf. priscus
(Marsh 1872)
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| original and current combination Nyctitherium priscus | ||||||||||
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Nyctitherium serotinum
(Marsh 1872)
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Scenopagus curtidens
(Matthew 1909)
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| original and current combination Nyctitherium curtidens | ||||||||||
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cf. Pontifactor sp.
West 1974
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Myolestes sp.
Matthew 1909
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= cf. Marsholestes sp.
McKenna 1992
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys sp.
Wood 1959
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| species "A" and "B" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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= Paramyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| species "A" and "B" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Taxymys cuspidatus
Bown 1982
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= Knightomys cuspidatus
Bown 1982
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Reithroparamyidae
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Reithroparamys cf. delicatissimus
(Leidy 1871)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex parvulus
Matthew 1909
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Microsyops cf. elegans
(Marsh 1871)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Elwynella oreas n. gen., n. sp.
Rose and Bown 1982
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Rose and Bown 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Strigorhysis bridgerensis n. gen., n. sp.
Bown 1979
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Shoshonius cf. cooperi
Granger 1910
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= Shoshonius bowni
Honey 1990
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Honey 1990 | |||||||||
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Aycrossia lovei
Bown 1979
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cf. Absarokius sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Anaptomorphini indet.
Cope 1883
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Picromomyidae
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Alveojunctus minutus
Bown 1982
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Microchiroptera indet.
Dobson 1875
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Palaeictops cf. bridgeri
(Simpson 1959)
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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? Didelphodontinae indet.
Simpson 1927
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys cf. bellulus
Marsh 1872
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unclassified
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Scenopagus edenensis
(McGrew et al. 1959)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 94.4° 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 | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS D-1034 | ||
| Database number: | 16499 | ||
| 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:
| 1115. | T. M. Bown. 1982. Geology, Paleontology, and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks, Southeast Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1201-A:A1-A75 [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] | |
| 1932 | J. G. Honey. 1990. New Washakiin Primates (Omomyidae) from the Eocene of Wyoming and Colorado, and Comments on the Evolution of the Washakiini. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2180 | L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1983. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 3. Marsupialia. Annals of Carnegie Museum 52(9):205-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 2963 | K. D. Rose and T. M. Bown. 1982. New Plesiadapiform Primates from the Eocene of Wyoming and Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):63-69 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |