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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Palaeorallus troxelli n. gen. n. sp.
Palaeorallus troxelli n. gen. n. sp. Wetmore 1931 rail |