Big Island-Blue Rim Badlands (UM BI-20) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 95.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1998. Mammalian Fauna From the Lower Bridger Formation (Bridger A, Early Middle Eocene) of the Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(3):83-130 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16100: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Quadratomus grandis Wood 1962 rodent
Paramys delicatus Leidy 1871 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871 rodent
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. elegans Marsh 1871 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich 1979 primate
Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich 1979 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Anaptomorphus westi Szalay 1976 tarsier
Omomys carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
Washakius insignis Leidy 1873 tarsier
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Helaletes nanus Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Homacodontidae indet. Marsh 1849 even-toed ungulate
Antiacodon cf. pygmaeus Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta -
Thinocyon cf. velox Marsh 1872 creodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus minusculus Leidy 1873 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Apatemys bellulus Marsh 1872 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum Simpson 1928 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes chesteri Gazin 1952 marsupial