JJF 8-11-93-1: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by JJ Flynn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 108.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 85.0° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.5 - 46.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Washakie | Member: | Adobe Town, lower unit |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported | ||
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collectors: | JJ Flynn |
Metadata
| Database number: | 202164 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-06-28 12:15:04 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-06-28 12:15:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2494. | S. M. McCarroll, J. J. Flynn, and W. D. Turnbull. 1996. The Mammalian Faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene Age, of Southern Wyoming. Part III. The Perissodactyls. Fieldiana, Geology 33:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |