UCMP V96246 Farson Cutoff Fishbed : Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Astephus sp.
Cope 1873
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Actinopteri
- Osteoglossiformes
- Osteoglossidae
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Phareodus sp.
Leidy 1873
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 109.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° North, 95.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bridger | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "within the stratigraphic interval referred to as the Black's Fork Member by Wood (1934). This interval represents the lower Bridger Formation, also referred to by Matthew (1909) as Bridger horizons A and B." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: The fossiliferous horizon is formed by a 25.4 to 38.1 cm thick ... light-brown siltstone intercalated between two green mudstones | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collection method comments: material was found both in situ and through surface collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 182921 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-11-28 19:31:53 | Last modified: | 2016-12-05 11:40:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-11-28 19:31:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61029. | J. D. Divay and A. M. Murray. 2016. The fishes of the Farson Cutoff Fishbed, Bridger Formation (Eocene), greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, U. S. A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6):e1212867 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |