Opal (UM BB-9): Bridgerian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871
1 specimen
Mammalia - Homacodontidae
Microsus cuspidatus Leidy 1870
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Sinopa minor Wortman 1902
1 specimen
    = Sinopa rapax Leidy 1871
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Patriofelis cf. ulta Leidy 1870
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Lincoln
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 110.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.9° North, 96.9° 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: 50.5 - 46.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bridger
Local section:Bridg Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:4 specimens
Metadata
Database number:16308
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1999-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1737. G. F. Gunnell. 1998. Mammalian Fauna From the Lower Bridger Formation (Bridger A, Early Middle Eocene) of the Southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(3):83-130 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]