Also known as MPM 2970
Where: Uinta County, Wyoming (41.1° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 96.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cedar Mountain ("Bridger E") Member (Bridger Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• from a section spanning about 100 feet of altitude
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: R. M. West and J. H. Hutchison. 1981. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16405: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Alligatorinae indet. crocodilian | |
"Echmatemys septaria" = Echmatemys stevensoniana Leidy 1870 turtle | |
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Mammalia | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Paramys cf. delicatior Leidy 1871 rodent | |
Herpetotherium marsupium Troxell 1923 marsupial | |
Baptemys wyomingensis | |
Baptemys wyomingensis Leidy 1870 |