Black's Fork (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: lower Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1976. Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26:1-25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 16136: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Roger Benson, Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos
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Taxonomic list
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Emys latilabiatus n. sp.1
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Axestemys byssinus n. gen. n. sp.7
Axestemys byssinus n. gen. n. sp.7 Cope 1872 softshell turtle Holotype USNM 4089, xiphiplastron, cervical vertebra, isolated ilium, several fragmentary appendicular elements
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Miacis parvivorus n. sp.
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Microsus cuspidatus n. sp. Leidy 1870 even-toed ungulate | |
Pantolestes longicaudus n. sp.
Pantolestes longicaudus n. sp. Cope 1872 placental | |
"Notharctus tenebrosus n. sp." = Notharctus tenebrosus, "Tomitherium rostratum n. gen. n. sp." = Notharctus tenebrosus1
"Notharctus tenebrosus n. sp." = Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy 1870 primate from Bridger B; type of "Tomitherium rostratum" also is from Black's Fork: Granger and Gregory 1917, Gazin 1958a
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| Scenopagus edenensis | |
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1Cope 1871; 2Gazin 1958; 3Gilmore 1928; 4Granger 1908; 5Krishtalka 1976; 6Thorpe 1923; 7Vitek 2012; 8West 1984; 9Wood 1934