A point near Bear River, 6 miles north of Evanston: Wasatchian, Wyoming
collected by E. D. Cope & S. Garman 1872
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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| "scutes" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
| dermal scutes | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Glyptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1871
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| "fragments" | ||||||||||
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= ? Crocodilus ziphodon
Marsh 1871
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Cope 1872 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Trionyx aff. guttatus
Leidy 1869
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| nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
| "fragments" | ||||||||||
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Notomorpha testudinea n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Notomorpha garmanii n. sp.
Cope 1872
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1 individual | |||||||||
| USNM 4103, 4129 (holotype, single individual, partial shell) | ||||||||||
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Notomorpha gravis n. sp.
Cope 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Baptemys | ||||||||||
| lost holotype | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Perissodactyla indet.
(Owen 1848)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| end of tibia | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Lophiotherium vasacciensis n. sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| AMNH 4658 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Ungulata
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Ungulata indet.
(Linnaeus 1766)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Euungulata | ||||||||||
| part of femur | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus cf. glaber
Marsh 1871
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| "fragments" | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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| "two species" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 41.4° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.5° North, 94.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 'Wasatch beds' | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | E. D. Cope & S. Garman | Collection dates: | 1872 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Evanstown | ||
| Database number: | 131859 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano | Enterer: | R. Benson, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-31 19:54:06 | Last modified: | 2014-10-14 16:25:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-07-31 19:54:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53111. | E. D. Cope. 1872. On a new genus of Pleurodira from the Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (separate) 1-6 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 53106 | E. D. Cope. 1872. On a new genus of Pleurodira from the Eocene of Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:472-477 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 14442 | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |