MP-3: Early/Lower Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus loomisi
McKenna 1960
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| OK since this list post-dates Gingerich 1989 | ||||||||||
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= Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Cardiolophus radinskyi
Gingerich 1991
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium grangeri
Gingerich 1989
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Miacis winkleri
Gingerich 1983
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
| recombined as Gracilocyon winkleri | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Hapalodectidae
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Hapalodectes anthracinus
Zhou and Gingerich 1991
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys taurus
Korth 1984
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius graybullianus
Bown and Rose 1976
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius sp.
Simons 1962
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8 specimens | |||||||||
| ralstoni or mckennai | ||||||||||
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= Cantius mckennai
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Palaeoryctes sp.
Matthew 1913
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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= Coryphodon eocaenus
Owen 1846
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx spatularius
Cope 1880
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 93.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Willwood | ||
| Local section: | Shoshone River | Local bed: | 5 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Regional section: | Northwest | Regional bed: | 5 |
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:Wa-2 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15679 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde |
| Modifier: | L. Gannon | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-11-30 14:49:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3801. | X. Zhou and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. New Species of Hapalodectes (Mammalia, Mesonychia) from the Early Wasatchian, Early Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(9):215-220 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 11717 | W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. PhD Thesis, University of Michigan [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy] |