Nugget (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 95.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Green River Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported

Primary reference: A. Feduccia and L. D. Martin. 1976. The Eocene zygodactyl birds of North America (Aves: Piciformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 27:101-110 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 81453: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Psittaciformes - Halcyornithidae
"Primobucco olsoni n. sp." = Cyrilavis olsoni
"Primobucco olsoni n. sp." = Cyrilavis olsoni Feduccia and Martin 1976 parrot