Lodge-Pole Trail: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by J. Can A. Carter 1872
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Protostrigidae
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Minerva saurodosis n. sp.
Wetmore 1921
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Wetmore 1921 | |||||||||
recombined as Protostrix saurodosis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Saniwa major n. sp.
(Leidy 1873)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Saniwa ensidens | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Chisternon undatum
(Leidy 1871)
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Perhaps it may belong to Chisternon, but the opinion is conjectural | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Hyrachyus nanus
(Marsh 1871)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Helaletes nanus | ||||||||||
Hyrachyus agrarius
Leidy 1871
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synonym of Hyrachyus modestus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Palaeacodon verus
Leidy 1872
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2 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Microsyops elegans | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicidae
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Helix wyomingensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Uinta |
Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 110.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.3° North, 96.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | J. Can A. Carter | Collection dates: | 1872 |
Collection method comments: ANSP collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Dry Creek | ||
Database number: | 106325 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-03-09 21:41:36 | Last modified: | 2019-11-26 16:12:36 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-09 21:41:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11982. | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
35472 | A. Wetmore. 1921. A fossil owl from the Bridger Eocene. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 73:455-458 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |