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-3
• 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 46792: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.01.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Mammalia | |
Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846 pantodont | |
Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont | |
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew | |
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth | |
Teilhardina mathewi, "Teilhardina americana" = Bownomomys americanus
Teilhardina mathewi tarsier
"Teilhardina americana" = Bownomomys americanus Bown 1976 tarsier | |
Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate | |
Paramys taurus Korth 1984 rodent
Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907 rodent | |
Palaeanodon ignavus Matthew 1918 placental | |
Oxyaena intermedia Denison 1938 creodont
Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont | |
Arfia shoshoniensis Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Prototomus martis Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont | |
Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Didymictis leptomylus Cope 1880 placental
Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 placental | |
Pachyaena gigantea Osborn and Wortman 1892 condylarth
Pachyaena gracilis Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
Phenacodus vortmani, Phenacodus intermedius, Phenacodus trilobatus, Copecion brachypternus, Ectocion osbornianus
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915 condylarth
Phenacodus trilobatus Cope 1881 condylarth
Copecion brachypternus Cope 1882 condylarth
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth | |
Homogalax protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
Cardiolophus radinskyi Gingerich 1991 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor Gingerich 1991 horse | |
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982 placental | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar |