Elk Creek (540 m) (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as YPM 47, USGS D-1507 (535 m), 1508 (535 m)
Where: Washakie County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 90.9° 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 15549: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
• USGS sites are listed at 494 m (= old 573 m) by Bown et al. 1994; I am not sure how to resolve this
possibly relevant: Absarokius abbotti Bown and Rose 1987: USGS D-1507, 1508 Absarokius metoecus Bown and Rose 1987: USGS D-1507, 1508
possibly relevant: Absarokius abbotti Bown and Rose 1987: USGS D-1507, 1508 Absarokius metoecus Bown and Rose 1987: USGS D-1507, 1508
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate | |
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"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor, "Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri
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Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873 condylarth | |
Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus sp. Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate | |
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Miacis sp. Cope 1872 placental | |
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Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont |