Vass Quarry (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as USGS D-1034
Where: Hot Springs County, Wyoming (43.7° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aycross Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: T. M. Bown. 1982. Geology, Paleontology, and Correlation of Eocene Volcaniclastic Rocks, Southeast Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1201-A:A1-A75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 16499: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae3, Herpetotherium knighti1, Herpetotherium cf. marsupium1
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? Adapisoricidae indet. Schlosser 1887 elephant shrew | |
cf. Macrocranion sp. Weitzel 1949 elephant shrew | |
Hyopsodus cf. paulus Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
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Reithroparamys cf. delicatissimus Leidy 1871 rodent | |
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Elwynella oreas n. gen. n. sp.4
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Microsyops cf. elegans Marsh 1871 primate
Uintasorex parvulus Matthew 1909 primate | |
Strigorhysis bridgerensis n. gen. n. sp., Aycrossia lovei, Shoshonius bowni2, Anaptomorphini indet.1
Strigorhysis bridgerensis n. gen. n. sp. Bown 1979 tarsier
Aycrossia lovei Bown 1979 tarsier | |
Alveojunctus minutus Bown 1982 primate | |
Viverravinae indet. Matthew 1909 carnivoran | |
Orohippus sp. Marsh 1872 horse | |
Nyctitheriidae indet., cf. Pontifactor sp., cf. Nyctitherium sp., "Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum, Nyctitherium serotinum, "Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens
Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928 placental
cf. Pontifactor sp. West 1974 placental
cf. Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental
"Scenopagus cf. priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum Marsh 1872 placental
Nyctitherium serotinum Marsh 1872 placental
"Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens Matthew 1909 placental | |
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Microchiroptera indet. Dobson 1875 bat | |
? Didelphodontinae indet. Simpson 1927 eutherian | |
Apatemys cf. bellulus Marsh 1872 eutherian | |
Palaeictops cf. bridgeri Simpson 1959 eutherian | |
Scenopagus edenensis | |
Scenopagus edenensis McGrew et al. 1959 |