Trap Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as MPM 2401

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 95.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: L. Krishtalka and R. M. West. 1979. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 4. The Geolabididae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 27:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16440: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• see Lillegraven et al. 1981
"Trap/Hutch Quarry" of West 1976a, in part
"Centetodon sp." form "B" of Krishtalka and West 1979 is omitted by Lillegraven et al. 1981
Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus paulus Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon pulcher Marsh 1872 placental