Emerald Lake Site I (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 102.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. D. Love, M. C. McKenna, and M. R. Dawson. 1976. Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene rocks and vertebrate fossils at the Emerald Lake locality, 3 miles south of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 932A:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16955: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys veterior Matthew 1903 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
? Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomerycidae indet. Zittel 1893 ruminant