Deadman Butte
Basic information
Sample name: Deadman Butte
Sample aka: UCM Loc. 80062
Reference: R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [ER 4132]
Geography
Country: United States
State: Wyoming
County: Natrona
Coordinate: 43.25° N, -107.26° W
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Formation: Wind River
Time interval: Early Eocene
Zone: Wasatchian
Section: Red Creek
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Ma: 52.1
Age basis: AEO
Geography comments: "E 1/2, Sec. 22, T.38N., R.87W."
within the "Lambdotherium popoagicum Range Zone" of the Red Creek Facies in the Deadman Butte section, securely correlated as underlying Lightning Butte and Someday, both of which are in the Lost Cabin Member instead
within the "Lambdotherium popoagicum Range Zone" of the Red Creek Facies in the Deadman Butte section, securely correlated as underlying Lightning Butte and Someday, both of which are in the Lost Cabin Member instead
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: overbank deposit
Habitat comments: "Very fine grained, poorly sorted quartz arenite and mudstone. Most sand particles are very well rounded. Abundant isolated mammalian teeth and bone fragments... Braidplain"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, primates, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Excluded forms: lizards, turtles, other reptiles
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 277 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: locality descriptions are given in Stucky's follow-up 1984 paper (Annals of Carnegie Museum v. 53, art. 10)
"Surface prospect, screen wash"
"Turtle shell fragments and lizard remains common. Crocodilian elements rare and from very small individuals"
"Surface prospect, screen wash"
"Turtle shell fragments and lizard remains common. Crocodilian elements rare and from very small individuals"
Metadata
Sample no: 4578
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-12-08 03:45:43
Modified: 2024-12-11 10:23:46
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
57 species
20 singletons
total count 277
geometric series index: 119.6
Fisher's α: 21.759
geometric series k: 0.9455
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9575
Shannon's H: 3.5085
Good's u: 0.9281
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