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Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA
Formation | Washakie |
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Member | Adobe Town, lower unit |
Age: | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Interval | Bridgerian |
Tectonic Setting | Foreland basin |
Number of Collections | 6 |
Number of Occurrences | 6 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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JJF 7-24-90-1 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
JJF 7-26-92-1 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
JJF 7-28-92-1 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
JJF 7-28-92-2 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
JJF 8-11-93-1 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
JJF 8-13-93-1 | Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA | Washakie - Adobe Town, lower unit |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Telmatherium sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Telmatherium | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Orohippus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Orohippus | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Hyrachyus eximius species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Hyracodontidae : Hyrachyus : Hyrachyus eximius | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Hyrachyus modestus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Hyrachyidae : Hyrachyus : Hyrachyus modestus | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
Helaletes latidens species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Isectolophidae : Isectolophus : Helaletes latidens | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene |
References
McCarroll S. M., Flynn J. J., et al (1996) The Mammalian Faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene Age, of Southern Wyoming. Part III. The Perissodactyls, Fieldiana, Geology 33, 1-38 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!