Dry Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Dry Fork; Badwater Locality 11

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hendry Ranch 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 16552: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• because this is about 20 miles west of the main Badwater localities, it is excluded from the stratigraphic section
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus gracilis2 Marsh 1871 horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
"Grangeria anarsius" = Eomoropus anarsius4
"Grangeria anarsius" = Eomoropus anarsius4 Gazin 1956 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptotragulus medius1 Peterson 1919 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae
Malaquiferus tourteloti n. sp.3 Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate