Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.1° N, 104.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 92.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wind River Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by George Olsen, Walter Granger, William Stein in 1909; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118469: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 14.10.2011, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Saniwa paucidens" = Saniwa ensidens
"Saniwa paucidens" = Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates AMNHN 1646, 8 dorsal vertebrae; AMNH 1647, distal end of left femur
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Glyptosaurinae indet.2, Glyptosaurus sp., "Glyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris, "cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris2
Glyptosaurinae indet.2 Marsh 1872 squamates AMNH 1613, body osteoderms, vertebrae fragments, un-ID'd bone fragments
Glyptosaurus sp. Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 5109, skull and jaw fragments, a few vertebrae, partial humerus
"Glyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 1614, partial skull and postcranial elements plus dermal scutes
"cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris2 Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 5196, dentary and maxilla fragment, osteoderms, misc. bone fragments
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Parasauromalus olseni n. gen. n. sp.
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| Mammalia | |
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