Also known as Locality 19; Cameron Springs
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 99.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: White River Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: F. B. Van Houten. 1964. Tertiary geology of the Beaver Rim area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1164:1-99 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16920: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Chris Bell and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
fauna originally described by Hough 1956
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Mammalia | |
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Oligoryctes cameronensis Hough 1956 placental | |
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Leptomeryx esulcatus Cope 1889 ruminant | |
Bathygenys alpha, "Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, "Merycoidodon gracilis" = Miniochoerus gracilis
Bathygenys alpha Douglass 1902 oreodont
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
"Merycoidodon gracilis" = Miniochoerus gracilis Leidy 1851 oreodont | |
Menodus heloceras Cope 1873 brontothere | |
"Mesohippus cf. montanensis" = Mesohippus westoni
"Mesohippus cf. montanensis" = Mesohippus westoni Cope 1889 anchitheriine horse | |
Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate | |
Trigonias sp. Lucas 1900 rhinoceros | |
"Pseudocynodictis cf. paterculus" = Hesperocyon gregarius
"Pseudocynodictis cf. paterculus" = Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid | |
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont | |
Megalagus brachyodon Matthew 1903 rabbit
Palaeolagus temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit | |
? Pseudocylindrodon sp. Burke 1935 rodent | |
"Titanotheriomys veterior" = Ischyromys veterior
"Titanotheriomys veterior" = Ischyromys veterior Matthew 1903 rodent | |
? Cedromus sp. Wilson 1949 squirrel | |
Reptilia | |
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Helodermoides tuberculatus6 Douglass 1903 squamates AMNH 3779, incomplete ramus; TT 1344, nearly complete skull and jaws
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