Phareodus testis type locality: Eocene, Wyoming
collected by Cope 1877

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Phareodus testis Cope 1877
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Lincoln
Coordinates: 42.4° North, 110.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.7° North, 98.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Green River Member:Fossil Butte
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,all microfossils
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:Cope Collection dates:1877
Taxonomic list comments:This specimen is reclassified using 22 other well-preserved specimens of Phareodus testis from various museum collections.
Metadata
Database number:134737
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Research group:freshwater,vertebrate
Created:2012-10-15 13:08:15 Last modified:2012-10-14 21:08:15
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-15 13:08:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43281. G. Q. Li, L. Grande, and M. V. H. Wilson. 1997. The species of †Phareodus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Eocene of North America and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):487-505 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Clapham]