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 AgesMammal Paleogene Zones
18.5
PaleogeneOligoceneChattianArikareeanMP 30/MP 29/MP 28/MP 27/MP 26MP 2523.03
RupelianMP 24/MP 23/MP 22/MP 2127.82
Whitneyan29.5
Orellan31.8
EocenePriabonianChadronianMP 20/MP 19/MP 18/MP 17B/MP 17A33.9
Duchesnean37
BartonianMP 1637.71
Uintan39.7
LutetianMP 15/MP 14/MP 13/MP 12/MP 1141.2
Bridgerian46.2
YpresianMP 10/MP 8 + 9/MP 747.8
Wasatchian50.5
Clarkforkian54.9
PaleoceneThanetianMP 6MP 1 - 556
Tiffanian56.2
Selandian59.2
Torrejonian60.9
Danian61.6
Puercan63.8
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