Emerald Lake Site E (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 102.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. D. Love, M. C. McKenna, and M. R. Dawson. 1976. Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene rocks and vertebrate fossils at the Emerald Lake locality, 3 miles south of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 932A:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16952: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• dated at 35.8 (= 36.73) +/- 0.8 Ma: Emry et al. 1987
Emerald Lake, locality not stated: Poebrotherium sp. Honey et al. 1998
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon sp. Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon sp. Scott 1890 canid
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Mesohippus cf. hypostylus" = Mesohippus bairdi
"Mesohippus cf. hypostylus" = Mesohippus bairdi Leidy 1850 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon forsythae" = Miniochoerus forsythae
"Merycoidodon forsythae" = Miniochoerus forsythae Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomerycidae indet. Zittel 1893 ruminant
 Theriamorpha - Micropternodontidae
Micropternodontidae indet. placental
"Apternodus or Micropternodus"
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys veterior Matthew 1903 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus Cope 1873 rodent
"minor"
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus sp. Walker 1931 rabbit
Palaeolagus temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit