Bridgerian age

50.5 - 46.2 Ma

The definition of this interval in the timescale North American Land Mammal Ages is taken from the following source:

  • A. D. Barnosky, M. Holmes, R. Kirchholtes, E. Lindsey, K.C. Maguire, A.W. Poust, M.A. Stegner, J. Sunseri, B. Swartz, J. Swift, N.A. Villavicencio and G. Wogan. 2014. Prelude to the Anthropocene: Two new North American Land Mammal Ages (NALMAs). The Anthropocene Review I(3):225-242 view

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This interval is used in the definition of 710 collections

A total of 693 collections with 3750 occurrences lie within this time span

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International Chronostratigraphic TimescaleNorth American Land Mammal AgesNorth American Mammal Subages/Zones
18.5
PaleogeneOligoceneChattianArikareeanlate Late Arikareean/early Late Arikareean/late Early Arikareean/early Early ArikareeanHarrisonian23.03
Monroecreekian23.1 *
Geringian24.7 *
Rupelian27.82
Whitneyan29.5
Orellan31.8
EocenePriabonianChadronianLate Chadronian/Middle Chadronian/Early Chadronian33.9
Duchesnean37
Bartonian37.71
UintanLate Uintan/Early Uintan39.7
Lutetian41.2
BridgerianTwinbuttean/Blacksforkian/Gardnerbuttian46.2
Ypresian47.8
WasatchianLostcabinian/Lysitean/Graybullian/Sandcouleean50.5
ClarkforkianCf3/Cf2/Cf154.9
PaleoceneThanetian56
TiffanianTi6/Ti5/Ti4/Ti3/Ti2/Ti156.2
Selandian59.2
TorrejonianTo3/To2/To160.9
Danian61.6
PuercanPu3/Pu2/Pu163.8
66