Ferris Formation (UW V-92026): Puercan, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27208
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
1 specimen
Reptilia - Baenidae
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27361
Reptilia
Eusuchia indet. Huxley 1875
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27297 ("Leidyosuchus")
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 26578
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27287
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27271
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Cyclurus fragosa (Jordan 1927)
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
recombined as Cyclurus fragosus
UW 27263
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 1 specimen
UW 27359
see common names

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:66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ferris
Local section:Ferris Local bed:3602 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Puercan
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:1 specimens
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Also known as:Psycho Hopper Basher
Database number:14730
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 18:07:59
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:

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]