Roehler's LaClede Bed Locality (Eocene of the United States)

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: Laney Member (Green River Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• LaClede Bed

•Laney member Ar dated to ~49Ma (see Smith and Carroll 2015)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. W. Roehler. 1991. Godiva Rim Member; a new stratigraphic unit of the Green River Formation in Southwest Wyoming and Northwest Colorado. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1506-C:C1-C17 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 16621: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• NE 1/4 sec 36 T18N R95W
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitherium serotinum Marsh 1872 placental
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys sp. Leidy 1869 tarsier