Buckskin Ridge (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 94.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Upper Variegated Sequence Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. C. McKenna. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. In R. M. West (ed.), Field Conference on Tertiary Biostratigraphy of Southern and Western Wyoming, August 5-10, 1972 80-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 15914: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
? Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
? Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobunidae indet. Gill 1872 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian