Opal (UW 13-67) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.3° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; tuff

• white tuff bed... typically varies between 3 to 8 feet in thickness... very fine-grained and highly altered and in places interbedded in the tuff are laminated siltstones

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: P. O. McGrew and R. Sullivan. 1971. The stratigraphy and paleontology of Bridger A. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 9(2):66-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16366: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Leptotomus parvus Wood 1959 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Notharctus robinsoni2 Gingerich 1979 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp.1 Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Tapiroidea indet.1 Gill 1872 odd-toed ungulate