Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UMMP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Leah Gannon
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880 tillodont | |
Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846 pantodont | |
Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew | |
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth | |
Paramys taurus Korth 1984 rodent
Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907 rodent | |
Cantius ralstoni Matthew 1915 primate | |
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri Gingerich 1989 horse | |
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus deimos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Arfia zele Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont | |
Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981 placental | |
Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982 placental |