Crusher Big Yellow (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Canoe assemblage A; TMM 42953

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.4° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 93.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Canoe Formation (Big Bend Group), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• "Early Uintan (Ui1)"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: B. A. Williams and E. C. Kirk. 2008. New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene. Journal of Human Evolution 55(6):927-941 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87924: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.03.2009, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• remaining fauna not discussed
Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958 tarsier
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Pristichampsus sp. Gervais 1853 crocodilian
TMM 42953-11 (tooth)