Badwater Locality 3 (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 107.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 95.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Green and Brown Member (Wagon Bed ("Tepee Trail") Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: H. A. Tourtelot. 1957. Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Upper Eocene Strata in the Northeastern Part of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Part 1. Geology. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 134(4):1-37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 16512: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
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Taxonomic list
• this is the locality tied by Evernden et al. 1964 to KA 1024 (45.0 = 46.2 Ma, KA on biotite), which is about 1 mi N; however, date is unreliable according to both Mauger 1977
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| Mammalia | |
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Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
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Amynodon sp. Marsh 1877 odd-toed ungulate | |