Buck Spring Quarries: Lostcabinian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Trionychidae indet.
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Testudines indet.
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Sebosuchia indet.
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Lepisosteidae indet.
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Teleostei indet.
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"small, advanced teleost" | ||||||||||
Anura indet.
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Caudata indet.
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"2 salamanders" | ||||||||||
Tinosaurus informal n. sp.
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Scincomorpha indet.
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Sauria informal n. gen.
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Sauria indet.
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Palaeictops multicuspis
(Granger 1910)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys sp.
Wood 1959
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? Mattimys sp.
Korth 1984
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cf. Thisbemys sp.
Wood 1959
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Knightomys sp.
Gazin 1961
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Pauromys sp.
Troxell 1923
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Uintasorex sp.
Matthew 1909
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Microsyops sp.
Leidy 1872
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Microsyops cf. scottianus
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus nunienus
(Cope 1881)
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= Cantius nunienus
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Notharctus venticolus
Osborn 1902
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described by Krishtalka et al. 1990 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Phenacolemurinae indet.
Simpson 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
forms "A" and "B" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius noctivagus
Matthew 1915
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= Absarokius abbotti
Loomis 1906
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Hemiacodon casamissus n. sp.
Beard et al. 1992
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Beard et al. 1992 | |||||||||
from CM 1040, collected in 1989 | ||||||||||
Shoshonius cooperi
Granger 1910
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described by Beard and MacPhee 1994 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Scenopagus sp.
McKenna and Simpson 1959
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= Erinaceomorpha indet.
Gregory 1910
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Talpavus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon sp.
Marsh 1872
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"A" and "B" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Natalidae
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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two forms, one of which is Honrovits tsuwape type of Beard et al. 1992 | ||||||||||
= Honrovits tsuwape n. gen., n. sp.
Beard et al. 1992
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Beard et al. 1992 | |||||||||
type is from CM 1040, Quarry 6 and referred specimens are from CM 1040, Q-1 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Hyracotherium craspedotum
Cope 1880
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= Perissodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
- could be Systemodon tapirinus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Lambdotherium popoagicum
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon ventorum
(Cope 1880)
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= Heptodon calciculus
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Heptodon cf. posticus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium vasacciense
(Cope 1872)
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis secans
(Cope 1881)
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sensu stricto: see Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 | ||||||||||
Bunophorus sinclairi
Guthrie 1966
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Diacodexis woltonensis
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
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invalid subgroup of Leptochoeridae | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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Antiacodon sp.
Marsh 1872
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Stucky 1994 | |||||||||
(pers. comm. 7.4.94) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Creodonta indet.
(Cope 1875)
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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= Oxyaenidae indet.
Cope 1877
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Didelphodus sp.
Cope 1882
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"A" and "B" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodontidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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"A" and "B" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis altidens
Cope 1880
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Viverravus lutosus
Gazin 1952
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Mammalia
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? Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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cf. Palaeanodon sp.
Matthew 1918
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Rose et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Epoicotheriidae
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Dipassalus oryctes
Rose et al. 1991
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Rose et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Hapalodectidae
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Hapalodectes sp.
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus walcottianus
Matthew 1915
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confirmed by Redline 1997 | ||||||||||
Hyopsodus wortmani
Osborn 1902
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includes "H. paulus": Redline 1997 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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Macrocranion sp.
Weitzel 1949
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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"Palaeoryctidae" indet.
Winge 1917
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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"A" and "B" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pentacodontidae
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Amaramnus sp.
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= Amaramnis sp.
Gazin 1962
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Peratherium innominatum
Simpson 1928
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= Copedelphys innominata
Simpson 1928
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum | ||||||||||
Peratherium marsupium
(Troxell 1923)
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= Herpetotherium marsupium
Troxell 1923
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Armintodelphys dawsoni
Krishtalka and Stucky 1983
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Armintodelphys blacki
Krishtalka and Stucky 1983
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Peradectes chesteri
(Gazin 1952)
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Reptilia
- Teiidae
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? Teidae indet.
(Gray 1827)
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
original and current combination Teiidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Xantusiidae informal sp. A
Baird 1858
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Xantusiidae informal sp. B
Baird 1858
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Xantusiidae informal sp. C
Baird 1858
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Gekkonidae
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? Gekkonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Oligodontosauridae
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Oligodontosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1942
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Iguanidae informal sp. A
Oppel 1811
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Iguanidae informal sp. B
Oppel 1811
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Iguanidae informal sp.C
Oppel 1811
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Parasauromalus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanidae indet.
Hardwicke and Gray 1824
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Machaerosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Anguinae indet.
Gray 1825
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
? Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Diploglossinae indet.
Boucourt 1873
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Xestops sp.
Cope 1873
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Glyptosaurus donohoei
White 1952
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
synonym of Glyptosaurus sylvestris | ||||||||||
cf. Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Xenosauridae
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Exostinus sp.
Cope 1873
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Necrosauridae
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Necrosaurus sp.
Filhol 1876
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Hirsch et al. 1987 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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unclassified
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Scenopagus edenensis
(McGrew et al. 1959)
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Scenopagus priscus
(Marsh 1872)
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original and current combination Nyctitherium priscus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Natrona |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° North, 90.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Lostcabinian |
Key time interval: | Lostcabinian | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wind River | Member: | Lost Cabin | ||
Local section: | BuckS | Local bed: | 2 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: B-2 Horizon said to be Lostcabinian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 456 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:shown as SW of K-5 on large map but SE of K-6; the latter therefore puts it across the county line in Natrona County cannot be correlated with standard Buck Spring section (K-5 area), apart from occurrence of DR Stratum not the same as either CM loc. 1039 (K-5 area) or Guthrie's Locality 3 (UCM loc. 81029, "Dark Red Stratum") |
Metadata
Also known as: | CM loc. 1040; K-6; B-2 horizon | ||
Database number: | 15917 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2024-01-07 23:53:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3336. | ETE 1512 | R. K. Stucky, L. Krishtalka, and A. D. Redline. 1990. Geology, vertebrate fauna, and paleoecology of the Buck Spring Quarries (early Eocene, Wind River Formation), Wyoming. Geological Society of America Special Paper 243 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1049 | K. C. Beard, L. Kristalka, and R. K. Stucky. 1992. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 12. New species of omomyid primates (Mammalia: Primates: Omomyidae) and omomyid taxonomic composition across the early-middle Eocene boundary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(1):39-62 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1045 | K. C. Beard, B. Sigé, and L. Krishtalka. 1992. A primitive vespertilionoid bat from the early Eocene of central Wyoming. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II 314:735-741 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
87108 | K. F. Hirsch, L. Krishtalka, and R. K. Stucky. 1987. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 8. First fossil lizard egg (?Gekkonidae) and list of associated lizards. Annals of Carnegie Museum 56(12):223-230 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
2975 | K. D. Rose, L. Krishtalka, and R. K. Stucky. 1991. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 11. Palaeanodonta (Mammalia). Annals of Carnegie Museum 60(1):63-82 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6220 | R. K. Stucky. 1994. Personal communication regarding identifications of Eocene mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |