Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• "lower part of the Bridger Beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by R. E. Son
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):109-110 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16414: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Bethany Allen
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Harpagolestes macrocephalus n. sp.3
Harpagolestes macrocephalus n. sp.3 Wortman 1901 condylarth from Bridger B "near Millersville" according to West 1981, but Smith's Fork joins Black's Fork at Millersville in map of West 1976b
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"Lophiodon modestus n. sp." = Hyrachyus modestus
"Lophiodon modestus n. sp." = Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate see Wood 1934; includes type of "H. agrarius"
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Reptilia | |
"Crocodilus elliottii" = Crocodylus elliotti2
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