Fossil Lake Sample Site A-2: Wasatchian, Wyoming
collected by T. R. Finger 1993, 1995
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Priscachara sp.
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11 individuals | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Perciformes
- Percidae
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Mioplosus sp.
Cope 1877
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25 individuals | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ellimmichthyiformes
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Diplomystus sp.
Cope 1877
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268 individuals | ||||||
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Actinopteri
- Clupeiformes
- Clupeoidei
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Knightia sp.
Jordan 1907
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498 individuals | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Lincoln |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 110.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.9° North, 94.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Green River | Member: | Fossil Butte | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "late early Eocene" "approximately 10 m above the strata sampled at site A-1, and approximately 3 m above the 'K-spar' tuff layer" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | lacustrine - large |
| Geology comments: "there may have been periods of fluctuating salinity and depth... [contains] a typical near-shore fish fauna" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | species names | ||
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | T. R. Finger | Collection dates: | 1993, 1995 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Lewis Ranch Quarry; Locality A of Grande and Buchheim | ||
| Database number: | 74616 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-16 15:41:09 | Last modified: | 2007-08-16 18:42:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-16 15:41:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25080. | 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] |