1 Mile West of the Head of Plateau Creek: Bridgerian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Pseudotomus coloradensis
Wood 1962
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= Mytonomys cf. coloradensis
Wood 1962
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
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Uintacyon edax
Leidy 1872
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| recombined as Miacis edax | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Mesa |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 94.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | DeBeque |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic level unknownsaid to be possibly Bridgerian | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FMNH 775-39 | ||
| Database number: | 15423 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-01-15 17:15:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information