UW locality V-60008: Early/Lower Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Reithroparamys ctenodactylops n. sp.
Korth 1984
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recombined as Tuscahomys ctenodactylops | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
Coordinates: | 41.3° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.0° North, 93.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 48.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Wasatch | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: stated to be 1789 feet below the Luman Tongue |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" | ||
Environment: | fluvial indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | CM locality 4033 | ||
Database number: | 99475 | ||
Authorizer: | K. Beard | Enterer: | K. Beard |
Created: | 2010-11-12 03:15:05 | Last modified: | 2010-11-11 10:15:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-12 03:15:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2105. | W. W. Korth. 1984. Earliest Tertiary evolution and radiation of rodents in North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 24:1-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |