Harvard Fossil Reserve (Lower Level) (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 96.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: lower Member (Brule Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1935. Contributions to the Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of the Goshen Hole Area, Wyoming. III. A New Basal Oligocene Formation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 76(3):71-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 17116: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• NW 1/4 sec 32 T 24N R 61W
based on Prothero 1996c this may be in a reversed zone
S. occidentalis is an index fossil for the Orellan
based on Prothero 1996c this may be in a reversed zone
S. occidentalis is an index fossil for the Orellan
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Mesohippus bairdi Leidy 1850 anchitheriine horse | |