Palustrimus Locality: Arikareean, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Promylagaulus sp. McGrew 1941
    = Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
Alroy 2002
could be Trilaccogaulus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus sp. (Matthew 1903)
    = Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia
Heliscomys sp. Cope 1873
    = Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
could be Kirkomys
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869
    = Castoridae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Palustrimus sp. Wood 1935
    = Entoptychus sp. Cope 1878
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Goshen
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 104.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.9° North, 98.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4-5
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Oligocene
Key time interval:Arikareean
Age range of interval:29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:level in Schlaikjer's Goshen Hole section completely unclear
Metadata
Database number:17582
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:42
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1077. C. C. Black. 1960. A second record of the fossil rodent Palustrinius Wood. Breviora 131 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]