South Elk Creek (Princeton collection) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 90.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

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

• "Grey Bull formation, Lower Eocene" (= Willwood Formation, Wasatchian)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. L. Jepsen, Princeton University in 1928

Primary reference: A. Wetmore. 1933. Fossil bird remains from the Eocene of Wyoming. The Condor 35(3):115-118 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74618: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Struthioniformes - Geranoididae
Geranoides jepseni n. gen. n. sp.
Geranoides jepseni n. gen. n. sp. Wetmore 1933 bird