South of Big Dry Creek (Eocene of the United States)
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: M. C. McKenna. 1963. Primitive Paleocene and Eocene Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) and the primate-insectivore boundary. American Museum Novitates 2160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 16416: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
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Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872 eutherian UNSM specimen from Bridger C; coordinates place it very close to the Sage Creek White Layer about 3 mi S of Big Dry Creek
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