Also known as UCMP V5626; Tabernacle Butte Locality 5
Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.4° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 95.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Br3 mammal zone, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• Late Bridgerian NALMA (Br3), 46.92 ± 0.17 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by A. Wood; reposited in the AMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. O. McGrew, J. E. Berman, M. K. Hecht, J. M. Hummel, G. G. Simpson and A. E. Wood. 1959. The geology and paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):117-176 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Whatley]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16244: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Robin Whatley, Patricia Holroyd, Roger Benson, Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Megophryinae indet." = Megophryidae5
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Eorhinophrynus septentrionalis n. sp.5
Eorhinophrynus septentrionalis n. sp.5 Hecht 1959 burrowing toad AMNH 3818 (holotype), single complete atlas
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Calamagras primus n. sp.5 Hecht 1959 dwarf boa Misspelled "Calamagrus" in text: AMNH 3828 (holotype), nearly complete anterior mid-thoracic vertebra; additional referred vertebrae also found at this locality
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Dunnophis microechinis n. sp.5
Dunnophis microechinis n. sp.5 Hecht 1959 dwarf boa AMNH 3830 (holotype), complete mid-thoracic vertebra; referred specimens include unspecified vertebrae
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"Coniophis carinatus n. sp." = Borealilysia carinata5 Hecht 1959 pipe snake AMNH 3826 (holotype), incomplete mid-thoracic vertebra; several referred specimens including [no cat. no.], a tiny vertebra less that 2.2mm long
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Palaeoxantusia fera n. gen. n. sp.4
Palaeoxantusia fera n. gen. n. sp.4 Hecht 1956 night lizard referred specimen AMNH 3821, splenio-dentary; type is also said by Hecht (1959) to be from locality 5, but is in "S.W. 1/4 sect. 34, T. 29 N., R. 105 W." according to Hecht (1956), which is the section north of the one including Hyopsodus Hill and including locality 6
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Entomophontes hutchisoni10, "Saniwa sp." = Saniwa5, "Thinosaurus stenodon" = Saniwa5, Peltosaurus sp.5
Entomophontes hutchisoni10 Smith and Gauthier 2013 squamates AMNH 3820, single fragment of left maxilla
"Saniwa sp." = Saniwa5 Leidy 1870 squamates AMNH 3813, vertebrae from the anterior and posterior thoracic region and the caudal region; AMNH 3814, almost complete dentary; multiple other specimens not described
"Thinosaurus stenodon" = Saniwa5 squamates Either AMNH 3822 or 3823 (text unclear), fragment bearing acrodont teeth
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"Dimetopisaurus wyomingensis n. sp." = Xestops vagans5 Marsh 1872 squamates AMNH 3819 (holotype), single frontal
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Hyopsodus lepidus Matthew 1909 condylarth | |
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"Manteoceras manteoceras" = Telmatherium validus
"Manteoceras manteoceras" = Telmatherium validus Marsh 1872 brontothere | |
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Hyrachyus cf. eximius Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate | |
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"Didelphodus altidens" = Centetodon altidens9, Centetodon bembicophagus8, Centetodon pulcher9, "Diacodon bacchanalis n. sp." = Centetodon bacchanalis
"Diacodon bacchanalis n. sp." = Centetodon bacchanalis McGrew et al. 1959 placental | |
"Scenopagus priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum7, "Talpavus cf. nitidus" = Nyctitherium nitidum9, Nyctitherium velox
"Scenopagus priscus" = Nyctitherium priscum7 Marsh 1872 placental a new specimen (AMNH 56060) not described earlier
"Talpavus cf. nitidus" = Nyctitherium nitidum9 Marsh 1872 placental supported by Krishtalka 1976a, contra Russell et al. 1975
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Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871 rodent
Taxymys lucaris Marsh 1872 rodent | |
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Reithroparamys delicatissimus Leidy 1871 rodent | |
"Microparamys wyomingensis n. sp." = Paramys wyomingensis, Paramys delicatior
"Microparamys wyomingensis n. sp." = Paramys wyomingensis Wood 1959 rodent
Paramys delicatior Leidy 1871 rodent | |
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Washakius insignis Leidy 1873 tarsier | |
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Uintasorex parvulus Matthew 1909 primate | |
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1, "Peratherium knighti n. sp." = Herpetotherium knighti
"Peratherium knighti n. sp." = Herpetotherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959 marsupial | |
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