Lone Tree (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: 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 16278: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

• Scenopagus curtidens Krishtalka 1976a: upper Bridger Scenopagus edenensis Krishtalka 1976a: upper Bridger Centetodon pulcher Lillegraven et al. 1981: type; level not stated Nyctitherium velox Krishtalka 1976b: "Late Bridgerian" Nyctitherium serotinum Krishtalka 1976b: upper Bridger Apatemys sp. "A. bellus": West 1973c; "vicinity of Lonetree" and "five miles north of Lonetree" in the Twin Buttes Mbr. Notharctus robustior Robinson 1957: "Bridger C or D" cf. Tetrapassalus sp. Schoch 1984a: unidentified epoicothere of Robinson 1963b and West 1973e from upper Bridger north of Lonetree Tillomys senex Wilson 1938b Sinopa major Thorpe 1923a: "lower Bridger"; status unclear as Gazin excludes this species from Bridger B Antiacodon venustus West 1984
Mammalia
 Creodonta -
Limnocyon verus2 Marsh 1872 creodont
Bridger C4; also mentioned by Thorpe 1923a
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Antiacodon pygmaeus4 Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate
Bridger C4
Homacodon vagans4 Marsh 1872 even-toed ungulate
C4
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Helohyus plicodon4 Marsh 1872 even-toed ungulate
Bridger C4
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus eximius6 Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
C4; also "H. hypostylus" from an unstated level
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
"Didelphodus altidens" = Centetodon altidens3
"Didelphodus altidens" = Centetodon altidens3 Marsh 1872 placental
Bridger C, north of Lone Tree
 Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Uintatherium anceps5 Marsh 1871 uintathere
Bridger C4
Reptilia
 Squamata -
"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens1
"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens1 Leidy 1870 squamates
AMNH 6057, numerous fragmentary dorsal vertebrae; sacral centrum; 2 caudal vertebrae; fragmentary parts of limb and pelvic bones