Palaeorallus troxelli Type Locality (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Preator's Ranch

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.5° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 91.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• "from the Wasatch Formation," but this is clearly the Willwood in modern terms

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. L. Troxell in 1929; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1931. Two primitive rails from the Eocene of Colorado and Wyoming. Condor 33(3):107-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74333: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
Palaeorallus troxelli n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeorallus troxelli n. gen. n. sp. Wetmore 1931 rail