Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.1° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.9° N, 96.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cedar Mountain ("Bridger E") Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• from a section spanning about 100 feet of altitude
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
• some screenwashing, but most material apparently surface collected
Primary reference: R. M. West and J. H. Hutchison. 1981. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55207: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.09.2005, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Bridgeremys pusilla Hay 1908 turtle
"Echmatemys septaria" = Echmatemys stevensoniana Leidy 1870 turtle
"Rhinoclemys" terrestris turtle | |
Baptemys wyomingensis | |
Baptemys wyomingensis Leidy 1870 |