Elk Creek (360 m) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as YPM 81, 132, 136 (359 m), 149, 150, 151, 278, 279, 281, 284, 356, USGS D-1340 (364 m), 1386 (362 m), 1387 (360 m), 1924 (357 m)

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.5° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 90.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: D. M. Schankler. 1980. Faunal Zonation of the Willwood Formation in the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 24:99-114 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15531: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• YPM 132, 136, USGS D-1340, 1386, 1387 are in Washakie County, all others are in Big Horn County
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys cf. copei Loomis 1907 rodent
Paramys cf. excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
cf. Knightomys depressus Loomis 1907 rodent
cf. Knightomys minor1 Wood 1965 rodent
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet.1, "Haplomylus speirianus" = Microsyops speirianus
Microsyopidae indet.1 Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
"Haplomylus speirianus" = Microsyops speirianus Cope 1880 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius sp.1 Simons 1962 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemurinae indet.1 Simpson 1955 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudotetonius ambiguus2 Matthew 1915 tarsier
Teilhardina sp.1 Simpson 1940 tarsier
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor Gingerich 1991 horse
"H. sp. 2"
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis sp.1 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus robustus1 Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena sp. Cope 1874 creodont
"intermedia/forcipata"
Palaeonictis occidentalis Osborn 1892 creodont
 Creodonta -
Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Tritemnodon sp. Matthew 1906 creodont
"1"
Tritemnodon strenuus1 Cope 1875 creodont
Prototomus sp. Cope 1874 creodont
"1"
Arfia sp.1 Van Valen 1965 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp. Cope 1875 placental
"curtidens/lysitensis"
Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872 placental
"V. acutus/gracilis"
 Theriamorpha -
Vulpavus australis Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena gigantea Osborn and Wortman 1892 condylarth
also listed by O'Leary and Rose 1995a as from YPM 149, 360 m level
Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874 condylarth
also listed by O'Leary and Rose 1995b as from USGS D-1924
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
"latidens/miticulus"
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus sp. Cope 1875 elephant shrew
"wapitiensis/insidiosus"
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Labidolemur kayi4 Simpson 1929 eutherian
"Apatemys DUPLICATE REF 1645 or 1646 or 1647 or 1648 or 1649
Labidolemur serus4 Gingerich 1982 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Pantolestidae
Palaeosinopa veterrima Matthew 1901 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
"2"
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Glyptosaurinae indet.3 Marsh 1872 squamates