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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit | |
Apternodus dasophylakas n. sp.
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant |