Dry Creek (Bridger C) (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.2° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: L. Krishtalka. 1976. Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 16211: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Roger Benson, Terri Cleary and Evangelos Vlachos
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Taxonomic list
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Uintatherium anceps7 Marsh 1871 uintathere includes Leidy's type of "U. atrox" from "'near the camp in Dry Creek Canyon' (Bridger C)"
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Orohippus sp.2 Marsh 1872 horse "Dry Creek, Hor. C."; discussed under "O. ballardi" but not clearly assigned to that species
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Metacheiromys cf. marshi6 Wortman 1903 placental "probably Bridger C"; stratigraphic provenance based on composition of fauna
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"Talpavus nitidus" = Nyctitherium nitidum, "Scenopagus curtidens" = Nyctitherium curtidens
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"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens1
"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens1 Leidy 1870 squamates AMNH 6057, 12 dorsals, 18 caudals, mostly broken; fragments of pelvic bones; ends of femur and tibia; both calcanea
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"Baena undata" = Chisternon undatum5
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Amyda salebrosa n. sp.3
Amyda salebrosa n. sp.3 Hay 1908 turtle AMNH 3941 holotype carapace collected by Mr Walter Granger at Dry Creek, in southwestern Wyoming, June 30, 1904
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Trionychidae indet.4 Gray 1825 softshell turtle A specimen found l>y Dr. Carter at Dry Creek, and represented in Fig. 11, Plate XVI, is an outer fragment of a costal plate. It is not pitted as in Tronyx guttatus, but is crossed obliquely by coarse ridges with the intervals occupied by a lattice of narrower ridges. Probably the specimen may belong to a species of Anosteira
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"Testudo corsoni" = Hadrianus corsoni4 Leidy 1871 turtle 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, and those of Dry Creek ten miles from the former.
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Scenopagus edenensis | |
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