Where: Wyoming (44.7° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 91.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• Wa-2
• 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 46768: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent
Paramys taurus Korth 1984 rodent | |
"Haplomylus speirianus" = Microsyops speirianus
"Haplomylus speirianus" = Microsyops speirianus Cope 1880 primate | |
Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate | |
Cardiolophus radinskyi Gingerich 1991 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri Gingerich 1989 horse | |
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
Arfia shoshoniensis Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont | |
Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874 condylarth | |
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901 eutherian | |
Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846 pantodont | |
Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880 tillodont | |
Reptilia | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin |