Where: Park County, Wyoming (45.0° N, 109.1° W: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 91.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• "Lower Eocene of the Sand Coulee Beds" (= Wasatchian of the Willwood Formation)
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by 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 74619: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.08.2007, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris
"cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris Marsh 1871 squamates PU 13271, partial manibidle, maxilla, osteoderms
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Aves | |
Diatrymiformes indet. Matthew and Granger 1917 bird |