Shirley Basin Wagon Bed (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 93.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wagon Bed Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: E. N. Harshman. 1972. Geology and uranium deposits, Shirley Basin area, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 745:1-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 16412: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
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Taxonomic list
• could be in any of four adjacent counties and exact locality is not given; Carbon County includes much of the basin according to the USGS National Atlas
fauna is said by Krishtalka et al. 1987 to "suggest" the Bridgerian
fauna is said by Krishtalka et al. 1987 to "suggest" the Bridgerian
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Mammalia | |
Notharctus sp. Leidy 1870 primate |