Lone Tree (Bridger D) (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 16279: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Metacheiromys dasypus1 Osborn 1904 placental
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
"Palaeosyops robustus" = Palaeosyops robustus4, "Palaeosyops laticeps" = Palaeosyops robustus4
"Palaeosyops robustus" = Palaeosyops robustus4 Marsh 1872 brontothere
Bridger D4; also Gazin 1949: 3 mi N of Lone Tree; associated with type of "Hypictops syntaphus"; includes type of "P. copei" of Osborn 1908 from Bridger D3, and referred specimen from D1, both at Lone Tree
"Palaeosyops laticeps" = Palaeosyops robustus4 Marsh 1872 brontothere
 Perissodactyla -
"Desmatotherium intermedius" = Helaletes intermedius5, Isectolophus latidens2
"Desmatotherium intermedius" = Helaletes intermedius5 Osborn et al. 1878 odd-toed ungulate
Isectolophus latidens2 Osborn et al. 1878 odd-toed ungulate
AMNH skulls from "Bridger 'D4', Henry's Fork, Lone Tree"
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet.1 Gill 1872 eutherian
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Planocraniidae
"Pristichampsus vorax" = Boverisuchus vorax3
"Pristichampsus vorax" = Boverisuchus vorax3 Troxell 1925 crocodilian
USNM 12957