Cat-tail Spring (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as Cattail Springs
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper 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 16200: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• shown in map of Wheeler 1961 to be at the head of Big Dry Creek and very close to the Sage Creek White Layer; within Henry's Fork Divide according to map of West 1990
presumed to fall entirely in Bridger D based on available records
presumed to fall entirely in Bridger D based on available records
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Uintatherium anceps5 Marsh 1871 uintathere includes types of "Tinoceras crassifrons" and "T. hians"; "either Bridger C or D"
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"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens2
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