Black's Fork: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus tenebrosus n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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| from Bridger B; type of "Tomitherium rostratum" also is from Black's Fork: Granger and Gregory 1917, Gazin 1958a | ||||||||||
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Tomitherium rostratum n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1872
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Cope 1871 | |||||||||
| synonym of Notharctus tenebrosus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Anaptomorphus wortmani
Gazin 1958
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= Anaptomorphus aemulus
Cope 1872
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Gazin 1958 | |||||||||
| see also Gunnell 1995a | ||||||||||
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Washakius insignis
Leidy 1873
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Gazin 1958 | |||||||||
| Bridger B | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Sinopa minor
Wortman 1902
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= Sinopa rapax
Leidy 1871
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Thorpe 1923 | |||||||||
| lower Bridger; "Pine Bluff, along Black's Fork" - one or two localities? | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Miacis parvivorus n. sp.
Cope 1872
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| from Pinnacle Rock according to Wang and Tedford 1994 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Orohippus osbornianus n. sp.
(Cope 1883)
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= Orohippus pumilus
Marsh 1871
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Granger 1908 | |||||||||
| "Hor. B... near Granger"; see also Kitts 1957b | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Hyrachyus agrestis n. sp.
Leidy 1871
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= Hyrachyus modestus
Leidy 1870
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Wood 1934 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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Antiacodon pygmaeus
(Cope 1872)
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West 1984 | |||||||||
| Bridger B "East of Black's Fork Bridge" | ||||||||||
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Microsus cuspidatus n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Pantolestes longicaudus n. sp.
(Cope 1872)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Axestemys byssinus n. gen., n. sp.
(Cope 1872)
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Vitek 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| Holotype USNM 4089, xiphiplastron, cervical vertebra, isolated ilium, several fragmentary appendicular elements | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Emys latilabiatus n. sp.
Cope 1871
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Cope 1871 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Saniwa ensidens
Leidy 1870
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Gilmore 1928 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| USNM 4128, 12 dorsal vertebrae and numerous fragments | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Scenopagus edenensis
(McGrew et al. 1959)
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Krishtalka 1976 | |||||||||
| lower Bridger | ||||||||||
| 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: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 16136 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett, E. Vlachos, R. Benson | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, R. Benson, T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1623. | C. L. Gazin. 1976. Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26:1-25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 53108 | E. D. Cope. 1871. Third account of new Vertebrata from the Bridger Eocene of Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:469-472 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/E. Vlachos] | |
| 1613 | C. L. Gazin. 1958. A review of the middle and upper Eocene primates of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 136(1):1-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 14538 | C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano] | |
| 1694 | W. Granger. 1908. A revision of the American Eocene horses. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(15):221-264 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2170 | L. Krishtalka. 1976. Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3419 | M. R. Thorpe. 1923. Notes on the Bridger (Eocene) Carnivora. American Journal of Science 5(25):23-39 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 46025 | N. S. Vitek. 2012. Giant fossil soft-shelled turtles of North America. Palaeontologia Electronica 15(1):13A [R. Benson/R. Benson/O. Alfaro] | |
| 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] | |
| 3744 | H. E. Wood. 1934. Revision of the Hyrachyidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 67(5):181-295 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |