Kathy's Dilemma: Torrejonian - Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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? Paromomys sp.
Gidley 1923
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said to be new: UW V-94037 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Mimotricentes subtrigonus
(Cope 1881)
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recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Tetraclaenodon puercensis
(Cope 1881)
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UW V-94037 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus cf. carinidens
Cope 1881
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UW V-80009; apparently the record shown for UW V-94025 in Secord's fig. 7 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Acmeodon secans
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus mediaevus
Cope 1881
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 86.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Torrejonian - Early/Lower Tiffanian |
Key time interval: | Torrejonian - Tiffanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | UW |
Taxonomic list comments:identity with UW V-80009 based on annotation in T. puercensis record some of this material is from UW V-94033 (Accidents Will Happen) and UW V-94034 |
Metadata
Also known as: | UW V-94037 | ||
Database number: | 14858 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3096. | R. Secord. 1998. Paleocene mammalian biostratigraphy of the Carbon Basin, southeastern Wyoming, and age constraints on local phases of tectonism. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):119-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |