Cedar Mountain (MPM 3077, Bridger E): Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Bridgeremys pusilla
(Hay 1908)
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Hutchison 2006 | ||||||
Echmatemys septaria
(Cope 1873)
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synonym of Echmatemys stevensoniana | |||||||
"Rhinoclemys" terrestris
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unclassified
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Baptemys wyomingensis
(Leidy 1870)
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original and current combination Emys wyomingensis | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Uinta |
Coordinates: | 41.1° North, 110.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 96.2° West | ||||
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: | 50.30000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bridger | Member: | Cedar Mountain ("Bridger E") | ||
Local section: | Bridg | Local bed: | 7 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: from a section spanning about 100 feet of altitude |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | red siltstone |
Lithology description: "prominently red-banded siltstones" | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | none |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: some screenwashing, but most material apparently surface collected |
Metadata
Database number: | 55207 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-28 17:08:00 | Last modified: | 2005-09-28 20:08:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-28 17:07:59 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3613. | R. M. West and J. H. Hutchison. 1981. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
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] |