A few miles from Fort Bridger: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by J. Van A. Carter 1871
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1869
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Leidy 1869 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baena undata n. sp.
Leidy 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Chisternon undatum | ||||||||||
ANSP 10040 (Leidy, 1873, pl. 14), a partial shell. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Trionyx guttatus
Leidy 1869
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Leidy 1869 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pantrionychidae | ||||||||||
Many fragments, both of the carapace and plastron of soft-shelled turtles, collected during Professor Hayden's expedition of 1870, and subsequently bj' Drs. Carter and Corson at various localities in the vicinity of Fort Bridger, appear to be referable to the same species as the above | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys wyomingensis n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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Leidy 1869 | |||||||||
ANSP 9777, epiplastron | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Emys jeanesi n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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Leidy 1870 | |||||||||
recombined as Echmatemys jeanesi | ||||||||||
USNM 962 (holotype), a partial shell (Leidy 1873, pl. 10; Hay 1908, figs. 392, 393). | ||||||||||
Emys haydeni n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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Leidy 1870 | |||||||||
recombined as Echmatemys haydeni | ||||||||||
USNM 109 (holotype), a partial carapace | ||||||||||
Emys stevensonianus n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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Leidy 1870 | |||||||||
recombined as Echmatemys stevensoniana | ||||||||||
USNM 963 (anterior lobe), 965 (partial carapace), 967 (anterior lobe) (syntype series) (Leidy 1873, pl. 9.2–4) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudo corsoni
Leidy 1871
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Leidy 1873 | |||||||||
recombined as Hadrianus corsoni | ||||||||||
Some of them had been previously collected by Drs. Corson and Carter, and others were found during our explorations of the buttes near Fort Bridger | ||||||||||
Emys carteri n. sp.
Leidy 1871
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Leidy 1871 | |||||||||
synonym of Hadrianus corsoni | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Baptemys wyomingensis n. gen., n. sp.
(Leidy 1870)
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Leidy 1870 | |||||||||
original and current combination Emys wyomingensis | ||||||||||
ANSP 10074, partial shell | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 110.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 96.7° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bridger | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Probably from the Bridger Formation. |
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: | ANSP | ||
Collectors: | J. Van A. Carter | Collection dates: | 1871 |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: J. Van A. Carter, (possibly) 1871. |
Metadata
Database number: | 128447 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | R. Benson, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-06-09 00:03:33 | Last modified: | 2012-06-08 09:03:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-09 00:03:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
704. | E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson] |
Secondary references:
64379 | E. D. Cope. 1873. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology. In F.V. Hayden (ed.), Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 545-649 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
63670 | J. Leidy. 1869. Notice of some extinct vertebrates from Wyoming and Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:63-67 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Carrano] | |
14410 | ETE | J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
30725 | ETE | J. Leidy. 1870. [Remarks on Poikilopleuron valens, Clidastes intermedius, Macrosaurus proriger, Baptemys wyomingensis, and Emys stevensonianus]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(1):3-5 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
63673 | J. Leidy. 1871. Remarks on fossil vertebrates from Wyoming. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 23(2):228-229 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |