Smith's Fork: Bridgerian, Wyoming
collected by R. E. Son
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Palaeosyops major
Leidy 1871
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Gazin 1976 | |||||||||
= Palaeosyops paludosus
Leidy 1870
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Osborn 1929 | |||||||||
"probably from level B 3" (presumably based on geography/biochronology) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Lophiodon modestus n. sp.
Leidy 1870
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recombined as Hyrachyus modestus | ||||||||||
see Wood 1934; includes type of "H. agrarius" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Harpagolestes macrocephalus n. sp.
Wortman 1901
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Wortman 1901 | |||||||||
from Bridger B "near Millersville" according to West 1981, but Smith's Fork joins Black's Fork at Millersville in map of West 1976b | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Crocodilus elliottii
Leidy 1871
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Osborn et al. 1878 | |||||||||
recombined as Crocodylus elliotti | ||||||||||
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: | outcrop |
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
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | R. E. Son |
Metadata
Database number: | 16414 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, A. Dunhill | Enterer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-11-26 15:29:24 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
63658. | J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):109-110 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
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] | |
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] | |
2708 | H. F. Osborn. 1929. New Eurasiatic and American proboscideans. American Museum Novitates 393:1-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
53285 | H. F. Osborn, W. B. Scott, and F. Speir. 1878. Palaeontological Report of the Princeton Scientific Expedition of 1877. Contributions from the Museum of Geology and Archæology of Princeton College 1:1-146 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
54918 | J. L. Wortman. 1901. Studies of Eocene Mammalia in the Marsh Collection, Peabody Museum. The American Journal of Science, series 4 12(70):281-296 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |