Two miles east of Gardner Butte (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Huerfano Basin

Where: Huerfano County, Colorado (37.8° N, 105.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 91.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Huerfano Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by AMNH in 1918

Primary reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179980: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 06.07.2016

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Saniwa sp. Leidy 1870 squamates
AMNH 5197, three imperfect dorsal vertebrae