Thompson Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as NW of Kemmerer

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 94.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Fossil Butte Member (Green River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. L. Olson. 1992. A new family of primitive landbirds from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. In K. E. Campbell (ed.), Papers in avian paleontology honoring Pierce Brodkorb 36:127-136 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206868: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 07.12.2019

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Cuculiformes - Foratidae
Foro panarium n. gen. n. sp.
Foro panarium n. gen. n. sp. Olson 1992 cuckoo
USNM 336261