Burnt Fork (Bridger D) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as BFPO; Burnt Fork Postoffice

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 95.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1976. Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26:1-25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16194: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
"Hyrachyus affinis" = Hyrachyus modestus3
"Hyrachyus affinis" = Hyrachyus modestus3 Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate
Bridger D4
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Microsus cuspidatus2 Leidy 1870 even-toed ungulate
Bridger D4
 Theriamorpha - Geolabididae
Centetodon pulcher1 Marsh 1872 placental
D4