West Canyon Creek (Eocene to of the United States)
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Duchesnean to Duchesnean (39.7 - 33.9 Ma)
• said to be late Duchesnean to early Chadronian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. H. Heaton. 1996. Ischyromyidae. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 16881: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "central Wyoming"; county assignment based on Canyon Creek, but also said to be close to Wood and Rodent localities in Natrona Co.
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Apternodus iliffensis1 Galbreath 1953 placental "West Canyon Creek... Beaver Divide area... 10 miles southwest of... Ervay... early Chadronian or late Duchesnean"
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Ischyromys sp. Leidy 1856 rodent | |