Turtle-lake Beds (UW V-80006) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 94.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton. 1982. Paleontology and correlation of Eocene volcanic rocks in the Carter Mountain area, Park County, southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(2):153-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16446: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• underlies the Blue Point Marker
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Acritoparamys wyomingensis" = Paramys wyomingensis
"Acritoparamys wyomingensis" = Paramys wyomingensis Wood 1959 rodent
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Palaeictops cf. bridgeri Simpson 1959 eutherian