Bill’s Smilodectes BLM locality: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by R. K. Stucky
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Hyrachyus sp.
Leidy 1871
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Helaletes sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Palaeosyops sp.
Leidy 1870
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Orohippus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Thinocyon mustelinus
Matthew 1909
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| synonym of Thinocyon velox | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Sinopa sp.
Leidy 1871
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Mammalia
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Dawsonicyon isami n. gen., n. sp.
Spaulding et al. 2010
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus nitidus
Marsh 1871
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Sciuravus metalinguas
Anderson 2017
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Anderson 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Smilodectes gracilis
(Marsh 1871)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri
Leidy 1869
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 109.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 96.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bridger | Member: | Black's Fork | ||
| Regional section: | Bridg | Regional bed: | 4 | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "approximately 1-m-thick horizon... about 4–5 m below Gazin’s (1965) Sugar White Layer" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green mudstone |
| Lithology description: "slate green coloured mudstone" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | DMNH |
| Collectors: | R. K. Stucky |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DMNS loc. 885 | ||
| Database number: | 129895 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-06-29 22:23:34 | Last modified: | 2012-06-29 07:23:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-29 22:23:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42170. | M. Spaulding, J. J. Flynn, and R. K. Stucky. 2010. A new basal Carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the ‘Bridger B’ (Black’s Fork member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian Nalma, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA. Palaeontology 53(4):815-832 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 63070 | D. K. Anderson. 2017. Three new sciuravids (Rodentia) from the latest-early to middle Eocene of Wyoming: mosaic evolutio and the alpha taxonomy of Sciuravis nitidus. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 32(12):245-258 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |