Lewis Ranch Site 2 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Locality B; Smith Hollow Quarry

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Fossil Butte Member (Green River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 15664: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Graeme Lloyd and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

• one of the F-1 quarries and not the same as Tynsky Quarry (see)
NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec 18 T 21 N R 117 W
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880 brontothere
FMNH specimen
Aves
 Apodiformes - Eocypselidae
Eocypselus rowei n. sp.1 Ksepka et al. 2013 swift
WDC CGR-109
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Limnofregata hasegawai n. sp.2 Olson and Matsuoka 2005 frigatebird
Limnofregata azygosternon2 Olson 1977 frigatebird