Rock Springs Uplift (UW V-76008): Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion cf. wyomingensis
(Gazin 1956)
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= Ectocion mediotuber
Thewissen 1990
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Thewissen 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Lambertocyon eximius
Gingerich 1979
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis fodinatus
Jepsen 1930
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Chiromyoides caesor
Gingerich 1973
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= Chiromyoides sp.
Stehlin 1916
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Beard et al. 2020 | |||||||||
| = Chiromyoides sp. B | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 89.5° 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: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | ||
| Local section: | RockS | Local bed: | 350 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14979 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, K. Beard | Enterer: | J. Alroy, K. Beard | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3716. | G. F. Winterfeld. 1982. Mammalian paleontology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), eastern Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(1):73-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 72377 | K. C. Beard, M. F. Jones, N. A. Thurber and O. Sanisidro. 2020. Systematics and paleobiology of Chiromyoides (Mammalia, Plesiadapidae) from the upper Paleocene of western North America and western Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1730389:1-22 [K. Beard/K. Beard/P. Mannion] | |
| 3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |