DMNH 870, Casa de Mono: Bridgerian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Bridgeremys pusilla (Hay 1908)
Hutchison 2006 1 specimen
Reptilia - Xantusiidae
cf. Xantusia sp. Baird 1859
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 95.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Bridgerian
Age range of interval:50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bridger Member:Blacks Fork
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:DMNH
Metadata
Database number:176700
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Modifier:P. Holroyd Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-02-27 21:09:05 Last modified:2024-01-07 15:41:03
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-27 21:09:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

58299 J. H. Hutchison. 2006. Bridgeremys (Geoemydidae,Testudines), a new genus from the middle Eocene of North America. In I. G. Danilov and J. F. Parham (eds.), Fossil Turtle Research 1:63-83 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]