Cottonwood Creek (Bridger C) (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: upper Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1923. Notes on the Bridger (Eocene) Carnivora. American Journal of Science 5(25):23-39 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16206: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Ferae - Viverravidae
"Viverravus vulpinus" = Viverravus gracilis
"Viverravus vulpinus" = Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental
"middle Bridger" (presumably Bridger C)
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus eximius Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
"Horizon C4"