Morrow Creek Locality 10: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Melanosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Hecht 1959 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 3836, part of a maxilla and several osteoscutes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus lepidus
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Hyrachyus sp.
Leidy 1871
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus nitidus
Marsh 1871
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Thisbemys sp.
Wood 1959
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Paramys delicatus
Leidy 1871
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus gracilis
(Marsh 1871)
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= Smilodectes gracilis
Marsh 1871
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri
Leidy 1869
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Shoshonius laurae n. sp.
Simpson 1959
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= Washakius laurae
Simpson 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| synonym of Washakius insignis | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Diacodon edenensis n. sp.
McGrew et al. 1959
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= Scenopagus edenensis
McGrew et al. 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sublette |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 110.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° 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 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Green River | Member: | Laney |
| Local section: | GRBsn | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:said to be in the "Morrow Creek Mbr.," which is actually the Laney Mbr. according to Gazin 1962 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16287 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett | Enterer: | J. Alroy, T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2523. | P. O. McGrew, J. E. Berman, M. K. Hecht, J. M. Hummel, G. G. Simpson and A. E. Wood. 1959. The geology and paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):117-176 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Whatley] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 59968 | M. K. Hecht. 1959. Amphibians and Reptiles (in: The Geology and Paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming). In P. O. McGrew (ed.), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):130-176 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] |