Point Gulch: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Glyptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1871
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ElShafie 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Miacis hargeri
(Wortman 1901)
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Thorpe 1923 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Vulpavus hargeri | ||||||||||
| level not stated | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus gracilis
Marsh 1872
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Thorpe 1923 | |||||||||
| level not stated | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Scenopagus curtidens
(Matthew 1909)
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| original and current combination Nyctitherium curtidens | ||||||||||
| level not known | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Anaptomorphus aemulus
Cope 1872
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Gunnell 1995 | |||||||||
| "Paint Gulch... presumably... interval B" | ||||||||||
| 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
| Formation: | Bridger |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16395 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | 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:
| 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:
| 87093 | S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 1732 | G. F. Gunnell. 1995. Omomyid primates (Tarsiiformes) from the Bridger Formation, middle Eocene, southern Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Human Evolution 28 [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] |