West Red Creek: Lostcabinian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium vasacciense
(Cope 1872)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon loisi
Kelley and Wood 1954
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= Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Knightomys depressus
(Loomis 1907)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius witteri
Morris 1954
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= Artimonius witteri
Morris 1954
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus cf. venticolus
Osborn 1902
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops cf. scottianus
Cope 1881
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Natrona |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° North, 90.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Lostcabinian |
| Key time interval: | Lostcabinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wind River | Member: | Red Creek Facies | ||
| Local section: | RedCr | Local bed: | 1 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be Lostcabinian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 8 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 8 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCM 80083 | ||
| Database number: | 16076 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:27:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3329. | 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 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |