Tynsky Quarry: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Knightia eocaena
Jordan 1907
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Rieppel and Grande 2007 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
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Diplomystus dentatus
Cope 1877
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Rieppel and Grande 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Fluvioviridavidae
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Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus n. gen., n. sp.
Mayr and Daniels 2001
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Mayr and Daniels 2001 | |||||||||
| Prefica nivea paratype described by Olson 1985, 1987 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Zygodactylidae
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Eozygodactylus americanus n. gen., n. sp.
Weidig 2010
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Weidig 2010 | |||||||||
| USNM 299821, holotype | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Suliformes
- Fregatidae
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Limnofregata hasegawai
Olson and Matsuoka 2005
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Olson and Matsuoka 2005 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius n. gen., n. sp.
Houde 1988
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Houde 1988 | |||||||||
| USNM 336103 - holotype (associated skull, mandible and 9 cervicals) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Shinisauridae
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Bahndwivici ammoskius n. gen., n. sp.
Conrad 2006
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Conrad 2006 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PR2260 (holotype), skeleton of an adult lizard | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Saniwa ensidens
Leidy 1870
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Rieppel and Grande 2007 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| FMNH PR2378, complete skeleton with partial cartilage and skin preservation | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Lambdotherium sp.
Cope 1880
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Froehlich and Breithaupt 1997 | |||||||||
| UW specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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? Pantolestidae indet.
Cope 1884
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Paleoamphiuma tetradactylum n. gen., n. sp.
Rieppel and Grande 1998
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Rieppel and Grande 1998 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Lincoln |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 110.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 94.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Green River | Member: | Fossil Butte |
| Local section: | Fossl | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "limestone" (Rieppel and Grande 2007) | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
| Geology comments: "shallow, near-shore" (Conrad 2006) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression,soft parts |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:one of the F-2 quarries and not the same as Lewis Ranch Site 2 (see) list of fishes is incomplete | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FMNH Locality H; Thompson Ranch F-2 | ||
| Database number: | 15853 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | J. Karr | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2012-09-06 16:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1693. | L. Grande and H. P. Buchheim. 1994. Paleontological and sedimentological variation in Earl Eocene Fossil Lake. University of Wyoming Contributions to Geology 30(1):33-56 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 28555 | J. L. Conrad. 2006. An Eocene shinisaurid (Reptilia, Squamata) from Wyoming, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):113-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1554 | D. J. Froehlich and B. H. Breithaupt. 1997. A lambdotherium specimen from the fossil Butte member of the Green River formation, with comments on its biostratigraphic and paleoenvironmental importance and the phylogenetic significance of its Postcrania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):47A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 42880 | P. W. Houde. 1988. Paleognathous birds from the Early Tertiary of the Northern Hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22:1-148 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 28680 | G. Mayr and M. Daniels. 2001. A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(3):393-402 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 74378 | S. L. Olson and H. Matsuoka. 2005. New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 1046:1-15 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 28383 | O. Rieppel and L. Grande. 1998. A well-preserved fossil amphiumid (Lissamphibia: Caudata) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):700-708 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 28570 | O. Rieppel and L. Grande. 2007. The anatomy of the fossil varanid lizard Saniwa ensidens Leidy, 1870, based on a newly discovered complete skeleton. Journal of Paleontology 81(4):643-665 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 62730 | I. Weidig. 2010. New Birds from the Lower Eocene Green River Formation, North America. Records of the Australian Museum 62:29-44 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |