MP-143 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• Wa-4

• 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: W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. PhD Thesis, University of Michigan [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 46731: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian
 Squamata -
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus insidiosus Cope 1874 elephant shrew
Haplomylus scottianus Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus latidens Denison 1937 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915 condylarth
 Perissodactyla -
Homogalax protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix Marsh 1876 horse
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 placental
 Theriamorpha -
? Miacis sp. Cope 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon sp. Matthew 1918 placental
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901 placental
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys taurus Korth 1984 rodent
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius trigonodus Matthew 1915 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius matthewi Bown and Rose 1987 tarsier
originally entered as "Tetonius mathewi"
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon lobatus Cope 1877 pantodont