South Pass (Blacksforkian) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (42.4° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 94.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Blacksforkian zone, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

• spans lower chron C23n and upper C23r: Clyde et al. 2001

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and ferruginous, tuffaceous, red, carbonaceous sandstone

• "pastel colored mudrocks interbedded with dark brown to red sandstones, thin carbonates, and tuffaceous beds"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell and W. S. Bartels. 2001. Basin margins, biodiversity, evolutionary innovation, and the origin of new taxa. Eocene biodiversity: unusual occurrences and rarely sampled habitats (G. F. Gunnell, ed.) 403-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27269: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.11.2002, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus minutus Wortman 1901 placental
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Palaeosyops fontinalis Cope 1873 brontothere
 Perissodactyla -
Helaletes sp. Marsh 1872 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich 1979 primate
Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich 1979 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Anaptomorphus westi Szalay 1976 tarsier
at SP-117: Muldoon and Gunnell 2002
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Diplocynodon" sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
"Crocodylus" affinis Marsh 1871 crocodile
Crocodylus affinis Marsh 1871 crocodile
 Squamata - Xantusiidae
Palaeoxantusia sp. Hecht 1956 night lizard
 Squamata - Anguidae
Glyptosaurus sp. Marsh 1871 squamates
Xestops vagans Marsh 1872 squamates
 Squamata -
Saniwa ensidens Leidy 1870 squamates
Boavus occidentalis Marsh 1871 snake
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa Leidy 1870 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira ornata Leidy 1871 turtle
Baptemys wyomingensis
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