Ferris Formation (UW V-92025): Puercan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27358 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27270 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Cyclurus fragosa
(Jordan 1927)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27262 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27283 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27286 | ||||||||||
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27296 ("Leidyosuchus") | ||||||||||
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 26577 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27360 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peradectes pusillus
(Matthew and Granger 1921)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Thylacodon cf. pusillus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Promioclaenus wilsoni
Van Valen 1978
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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= Valenia wilsoni
Van Valen 1978
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de Muizon and Cifelli 2000 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Baioconodon cf. denverensis
Gazin 1941
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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cf. Oxyclaenus sp.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Oxyclaenus cuspidatus
(Cope 1884)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Procerberus sp.
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cimolestes sp.
Marsh 1889
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus cf. tsosiensis
Sloan 1981
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| "B" | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatis sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27207 | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 84.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Puercan |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 63.8 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 16 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Temple of the Cow | ||
| Database number: | 14729 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-10-05 18:08:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1419. | J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 7306 | C. de Muizon and R. L. Cifelli. 2000. The "condylarths" (archaic Ungulata, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia): implications on the origin of the South American ungulates. Geodiversitas 22(1):47-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
| 2236 | J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |