Hutchison Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as MPM 2400

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: lower Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16243: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• see Lillegraven et al. 1981
"Trap/Hutch Quarry" of West 1976a, in part
Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus paulus2 Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon pulcher Marsh 1872 placental
Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Bridgeremys pusilla1 Hay 1908 turtle
MPM 24379 epiplastron