Leavitt Creek (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 48.8° N, 87.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: lower Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.5 - 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
246 MPM specimens from Bridger B of Leavitt Creek: West 1979
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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
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"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"
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Harpagolestes macrocephalus4 Wortman 1901 condylarth MPM 2784; YPM specimen from "Leavitt's ranch" listed by Thorpe 1923a
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"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909 placental "North Leavitt Ranch" in the lower Bridger
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