28 Far West: Bridgerian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon pulcher Marsh 1872
Bridger C
Mammalia - Homacodontidae
Homacodon vagans Marsh 1872
West 1984
Bridger C
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Uinta
Coordinates: 41.2° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.2° North, 96.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Bridgerian
Age range of interval: 50.5 - 46.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bridger Member:upper
Local section:Bridg Local bed:5
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Taxonomic list comments:see Lillegraven et al. 1981
"Centetodon sp." form "B" of Krishtalka and West 1979 from Bridger C is omitted by Lillegraven et al. 1981
Metadata
Also known as:28FW; MPM 1098
Database number:16080
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2187. L. Krishtalka and R. M. West. 1979. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 4. The Geolabididae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 27:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

3606 R. M. West. 1984. Paleontology and Geology of the Bridger Formation, Southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 7. Survey of Bridgerian Artiodactyla, including description of a skull and partial skeleton of Antiacodon pygmaeus. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 56:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]