Leavitt Creek (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: L. Krishtalka. 1976. Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16253: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Roger Benson

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Taxonomic list

• "A major camp was along Leavitt Creek, in what Matthew and Granger regarded as Grizzly Buttes West": West 1990; however, Leavitt Creek is entirely SE of Grizzly Buttes according to map of West 1976a
246 MPM specimens from Bridger B of Leavitt Creek: West 1979
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Apatemys sp.1 Marsh 1872 eutherian
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Harpagolestes macrocephalus4 Wortman 1901 condylarth
MPM 2784; YPM specimen from "Leavitt's ranch" listed by Thorpe 1923a
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909 placental
"North Leavitt Ranch" in the lower Bridger
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa2 Leidy 1870 turtle
AMNH 5970, shell; Leavitt Creek, Fort Bridger, Wyoming. Horizon: Bridger Fm., "lower beds" (label). Collector: A. Thompson, July 12, 1903
 Loricata -
"Diplocynodon stuckeri n. sp." = Borealosuchus wilsoni3
"Diplocynodon stuckeri n. sp." = Borealosuchus wilsoni3 Mook 1959 crocodilian
1903 AMNH collection by L. S. Quackenbush from "Leavitt Creek"