Also known as DUPLICATE REF 2534 or 2535 or 2536
Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 105.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: near Unit 1 Member (Colter Formation), Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: M. C. McKenna. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. In R. M. West (ed.), Field Conference on Tertiary Biostratigraphy of Southern and Western Wyoming, August 5-10, 1972 80-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 17696: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Merycochoerus superbus" = Promerycochoerus superbus
"Merycochoerus superbus" = Promerycochoerus superbus Leidy 1870 oreodont | |
Archaeolagus emeraldensis Barnosky 1986 rabbit | |
Allomys cristabrevis Barnosky 1986 rodent | |
Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855 mountain beaver "unnamed... cf. Meniscomys and Niglarodon"; also mentioned by Rensberger 1981
Meniscomys sp. Cope 1878 mountain beaver |