Windy Mudstone (UW V-91005): Puercan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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 | ||||||||
| recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
| UW 23864 | ||||||||||
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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 27335 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27299 ("Leidyosuchus") | ||||||||||
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27288 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Baioconodon middletoni n. sp.
Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Loxolophus priscus
(Cope 1888)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Loxolophus cf. hyattianus
(Cope 1885)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychidae indet.
Cope 1882
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Ectoconus cavigellii n. sp.
Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Ampliconus antoni n. sp.
Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Oxyacodon priscilla
Matthew 1937
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Oxyacodon agapetillus
(Cope 1884)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mithrandir gillianus
(Cope 1882)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Alticonus gazini
Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Alveugena carbonensis n. sp.
Eberle 1999
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Eberle 1999 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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| 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: | Middle Puercan |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
| Taxonomic list comments:generically identifiable NISP 12 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Jaelyn's First | ||
| Database number: | 14797 | ||
| 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: | 2007-10-09 11:47:44 |
| 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:
| 1418 | J. J. Eberle. 1999. Bridging the transition between didelphodonts and taeniodonts. Journal of Paleontology 73(5):936-944 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Whatley] | |
| 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] |