Dry Creek (Bridger C): Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Saniwa crassa
(Marsh 1872)
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Gilmore 1928 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Saniwa ensidens | ||||||||||
| AMNH 6057, 12 dorsals, 18 caudals, mostly broken; fragments of pelvic bones; ends of femur and tibia; both calcanea | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Leidy 1873 | |||||||||
| A specimen found l>y Dr. Carter at Dry Creek, and represented in Fig. 11, Plate XVI, is an outer fragment of a costal plate. It is not pitted as in Tronyx guttatus, but is crossed obliquely by coarse ridges with the intervals occupied by a lattice of narrower ridges. Probably the specimen may belong to a species of Anosteira | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Amyda salebrosa n. sp.
Hay 1908
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Hay 1908 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
| AMNH 3941 holotype carapace collected by Mr Walter Granger at Dry Creek, in southwestern Wyoming, June 30, 1904 | ||||||||||
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Testudo corsoni
Leidy 1871
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Leidy 1873 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hadrianus corsoni | ||||||||||
| Some of them had been previously collected by Drs. Corson and Carter, and others were found during our explorations of the buttes near Fort Bridger, and those of Dry Creek ten miles from the former. | ||||||||||
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Hadrianus octonarius
Cope 1871
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Osborn et al. 1878 | |||||||||
| synonym of Hadrianus corsoni | ||||||||||
| Partial right humerus | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys wyomingensis
Leidy 1870
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Osborn et al. 1878 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baena undata
Leidy 1871
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Osborn et al. 1878 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chisternon undatum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Scenopagus curtidens
(Matthew 1909)
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| original and current combination Nyctitherium curtidens | ||||||||||
| upper Bridger | ||||||||||
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Talpavus nitidus
Marsh 1872
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| recombined as Nyctitherium nitidum | ||||||||||
| upper Bridger (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Metacheiromys cf. marshi
Wortman 1903
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Simpson 1931 | |||||||||
| "probably Bridger C"; stratigraphic provenance based on composition of fauna | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Orohippus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Granger 1908 | |||||||||
| "Dry Creek, Hor. C."; discussed under "O. ballardi" but not clearly assigned to that species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
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Uintatherium anceps
(Marsh 1871)
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Wheeler 1961 | |||||||||
| includes Leidy's type of "U. atrox" from "'near the camp in Dry Creek Canyon' (Bridger C)" | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Scenopagus edenensis
(McGrew et al. 1959)
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| upper 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
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Taxonomic list comments:see note above on geography | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16211 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett, R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, T. Cleary, R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1996-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
| 53285 | H. F. Osborn, W. B. Scott, and F. Speir. 1878. Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877. Contributions from the Museum of Geology and Archæology of Princeton College 1:1-146 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 3134 | G. G. Simpson. 1931. Metacheiromys and the Edentata. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59(6) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3622 | W. H. Wheeler. 1961. Revision of the Uintatheres. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 14:1-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |