Cedar Mountain (UW V-82004): Torrejonian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Anconodon cf. cochranensis
(Russell 1929)
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus sp.
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus sylviae
Rigby 1980
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= Parectypodus cf. sylviae
Rigby 1980
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Neoplagiaulax ? grangeri
(Simpson 1935)
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Mimetodon silberlingi
(Simpson 1935)
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Mammalia
- Pentacodontidae
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Aphronorus cf. ratatoski
Winterfeld 1982
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Aphronorus fraudator
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Jepsenella cf. praepropera
Simpson 1940
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Gelastops cf. parcus
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Acmeodon ? secans
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Prodiacodon sp.
Matthew 1929
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Litocherus cf. lacunatus
(Gazin 1956)
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Litomylus dissentaneus
Simpson 1935
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Haplaletes disceptatrix
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Adunator cf. ladae
(Simpson 1935)
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Promioclaenus acolytus
(Cope 1882)
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Litaletes disjunctus
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Propalaeosinopa diluculi
(Simpson 1935)
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= Bessoecetor septentrionalis
Russell 1929
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Anisonchus sectorius
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Protictis sp.
(Matthew)
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Protictis microlestes
(Simpson 1935)
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= Bryanictis microlestes
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Oxyclaenidae
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Coriphagus montanus
Douglass 1908
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Prothryptacodon cf. hilli
(Rigby 1980)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Chriacus cf. baldwini
(Cope 1882)
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Mimotricentes subtrigonus
(Cope 1881)
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Claenodon montanensis
(Gidley 1919)
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= Arctocyon cf. montanensis
Gidley 1919
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Chriacus orthogonius
Russell 1929
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= Thryptacodon orthogonius
Russell 1929
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Tetraclaenodon puercensis
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Palaechthonidae
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cf. Palenochtha sp.
Simpson 1935
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Palenochtha minor
(Gidley 1923)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Palaechthon sp.
Gidley 1923
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= Paromomyidae indet.
Simpson 1940
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Picrodontidae
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Picrodus silberlingi
Douglass 1908
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= Picrodus calgariensis
Scott and Fox 2005
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Pronothodectes jepi
Gingerich 1975
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs/Washakie |
| Coordinates: | 43.9° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.3° North, 86.0° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.8 - 60.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | ||
| Local section: | Cedar | Local bed: | 8 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 405 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14898 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-03-16 09:20:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 829. | J. E. Hartman. 1986. Paleontology and biostratigraphy of lower part of Polecat Bench Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 24(1):11-63 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 14679 | C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |