Also known as Thompson Ranch Quarry; Locality H of Grande and Buchheim
Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fossil Butte Member (Green River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• "late early Eocene"
•"F2 deposits"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by T. R. Finger in 1993, 1995
Collection methods: quarrying,
Primary reference: T. R. Finger. 1998. A comparison of fish community structure along several paleoenvironments of Eocene Fossil Lake, Wyoming: a preliminary report. National Park Service Paleontological Research Vol. 3 Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/1 81-83 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74617: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.08.2007, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Graeme Lloyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Eohiodon sp. Cavender 1966 | |
Phareodus sp. Leidy 1873 arowana | |
Amphiplaga sp. Cope 1877 | |
Mioplosus sp. Cope 1877 perch | |
Knightia sp. Jordan 1907 herring | |
Diplomystus sp. Cope 1877 | |
Amphibia | |
Aerugoamnis paulus n. gen. n. sp.1
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Aves | |
Vadaravis brownae n. gen. n. sp.2
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Chondrichthyes | |
"Heliobatis sp." = Dasyatis
"Heliobatis sp." = Dasyatis Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray |