Blue Saddle (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as NF-3

Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 93.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Alkali Creek Tongue Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• originally "Western Facies" of the "New Fork Tongue Member"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. M. West. 1973. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the New Fork-Big Sandy area, Sublette County, Wyoming. Fieldiana: Geology 29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 15457: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Placentalia -
Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848 odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium chamense Cope 1874 condylarth
includes "M. robustum"
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent