Finney Quarry: Lostcabinian, Wyoming
collected by Bonnie Finney 2003

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Onychonycteridae
Onychonycteris finneyi n. gen., n. sp. Simmons et al. 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Lincoln
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 94.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lostcabinian
Age range of interval:54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Green River Member:Fossil Butte
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Sandwich Beds in the basal part of the member, below the 18 Inch Layer
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: none, but clearly limestone based on illustrated matrix
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:ROM
Collectors:Bonnie Finney Collection dates:21 August 2003
Taxonomic list comments:a standard Green River fauna is present based on the Finney web site but not mentioned in the paper
Metadata
Database number:78672
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-02-13 12:19:39 Last modified:2008-02-13 14:19:39
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-13 12:19:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26452. N. B. Simmons, K. L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer and G. F. Gunnell. 2008. Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation. Nature 451:818-821 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]