MP-238 (Eocene of the United States)

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-2/3

• 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 46807: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by Will Clyde on 24.01.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Aves
  -
? Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys sp. Leidy 1871 rodent
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon ignavus Matthew 1918 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena gulo Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Arfia shoshoniensis Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
"Diacodexis robustus" = Bunophorus robustus, Diacodexis metsiacus
"Diacodexis robustus" = Bunophorus robustus Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri, "Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri Gingerich 1989 horse
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor Gingerich 1991 horse
 Perissodactyla -
Cardiolophus radinskyi Gingerich 1991 odd-toed ungulate
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846 pantodont
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881 eutherian