Sage Creek (Lower Bridger): Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon pulcher
Marsh 1872
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Krishtalka and West 1979 | |||||||||
| MPM 1129 | ||||||||||
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Centetodon bembicophagus
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Lillegraven et al. 1981 | |||||||||
| MPM 1129; "C. sp. B" of Krishtalka and West 1979 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Epoicotheriidae
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Tetrapassalus proius n. sp.
West 1973
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| from "Main Quarry" in Bridger B: see West 1973e; said to be "indeterminate" but listed anyway by Gazin | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Helohyidae
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Helohyus plicodon
Marsh 1872
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West 1984 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus paulus
Leidy 1870
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West 1979 | |||||||||
| MPM 1129 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys bellus
Marsh 1872
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= Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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West 1973 | |||||||||
| "Blacks Fork Mem." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Uinta |
| Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 110.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.2° North, 96.8° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:probably the "Sage Creek Locality" of West 1979 yielding 3183 MPM specimens see Lillegraven et al. 1981 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | MPM 1129 | ||
| Database number: | 16402 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1623. | C. L. Gazin. 1976. Mammalian Faunal Zones of the Bridger Middle Eocene. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 26:1-25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 2187 | L. Krishtalka and R. M. West. 1979. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 4. The Geolabididae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 27:1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2241 | J. A. Lillegraven, M. C. McKenna, and L. Kristalka. 1981. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae) with a description of the dentition of Ankylodon (Adapisoricidae). University of Wyoming Publication 45:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3597 | R. M. West. 1973. Review of the North American Eocene and Oligocene Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Special Publications, Texas Tech University Museum 3 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3603 | R. M. West. 1979. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming. Part 3. Notes on Hyopsodus. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 25:1-52 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3606 | R. M. West. 1984. Paleontology and Geology of the Bridger Formation, Southern Green River Basin, Southwestern Wyoming. Part 7. Survey of Bridgerian Artiodactyla, including description of a skull and partial skeleton of Antiacodon pygmaeus. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 56:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |