Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 95.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chadron Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• single specimen from a single bed
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; green, red claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1933. A detailed study of the structure and relationships of a new zalambdodont insectivore from the Middle Oligocene. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(1):1-28 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16892: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Leptomeryx sp. Leidy 1853 ruminant |