Tabernacle Butte Locality 6: Bridgerian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Diacodon bridgeri n. sp.
Simpson 1959
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Palaeictops bridgeri
Simpson 1959
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Simpson 1959 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyrachyidae
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Hyrachyus cf. eximius
Leidy 1871
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sublette |
Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 110.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.7° North, 96.1° 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 |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number: | 16428 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2523. | P. O. McGrew, J. E. Berman, M. K. Hecht, J. M. Hummel, G. G. Simpson and A. E. Wood. 1959. The geology and paleontology of the Elk Mountain and Tabernacle Butte area, Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 117(3):117-176 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Whatley] |
Secondary references:
3159 | G. G. Simpson. 1959. Two new records from the Bridger Middle Eocene of Tabernacle Butte, Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 1966.:1-5 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |