Bates Hole Upper White River 1 (Eocene to of the United States)

Also known as Harshman Quarry (UW V-68013)

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (White River Formation), Chadronian to Chadronian (37.2 - 33.3 Ma)

• Harshman Quarry is said to be Chadronian by Asher et al. 2002, but the list is undiagnostic and could be Orellan

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: E. N. Harshman. 1972. Geology and uranium deposits, Shirley Basin area, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 745:1-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17063: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Apternodontidae
Apternodus dasophylakas n. sp. Asher et al. 2002 placental
from Harshman Quarry, UW V-68013
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant