Malcolm's Locality: Tiffanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peradectes protinnominatus McKenna 1960
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctidae indet. Winge 1917
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
    = ? Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866
Thewissen 1990
Chriacus pelvidens (Cope 1881)
Mimotricentes sp. Simpson 1937
    = Lambertocyon eximius Gingerich 1979
Gingerich 1979
a second condylarth may be represented
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus magnus Thewissen 1990
Thewissen 1990
Phenacodus cf. primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935
Thewissen 1990
Ectocion osbornianus (Cope 1882)
    = Ectocion cf. mediotuber Thewissen 1990
Thewissen 1990
"similar to" this species
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis farisi Dorr 1952
(6 measurements)
    = Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich 1975
Gingerich 1976
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpodaptes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
    = Carpolestinae indet. Russell 1964
Rose 1975
presumably = "Carpolestes
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur frugivorus (Matthew and Granger 1921)
(6 measurements)
    = Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Phenacodaptes sabulosus Jepsen 1930
cf. Litomylus sp. Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Scenopagus proavus Winterfeld 1982
    = Diacocherus minutus Jepsen 1930
Alroy 2002
replaces ID of Winterfeld 1982; "cf. Scenopagus sp."
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Adapisoricidae
Talpavus sp. Marsh 1872
    = Adapisoricidae indet. Schlosser 1887
Alroy 2002
may be Leipsanolestes, as Krishtalka et al. include this genus in Talpavus
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys kayi (Simpson 1929)
    = Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon conus Jepsen 1930
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
(1 measurement)
    = Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977
Krause 1977
in part
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
    = Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
Krause 1987
in part
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940
cf. Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940
Ectypodus tardus (Jepsen 1940)
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Natrona
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.8° North, 87.0° 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: Tiffanian
Age range of interval: 60.9 - 56.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union Member:Shotgun
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:275 specimens
Taxonomic list comments:not to be confused with Eocene Badwater localities or with Shotgun
Metadata
Also known as:Badwater Creek
Database number:15036
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:
2176. L. Krishtalka, C. C. Black, and D. W. Riedel. 1975. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Pt. 10. A late Paleocene mammal fauna from the Shotgun Member of the Fort Union Formation. Annals of Carnegie Museum 45(9):179-212 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1635 P. D. Gingerich. 1976. Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 15:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
1639 P. D. Gingerich. 1979. Lambertocyon eximius, a New Arctocyonid (Mammalia, Condylarthra) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 53(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2155 D. W. Krause. 1977. Paleocene Multituberculates (Mammalia) of the Roche Percée Local Fauna, Ravenscrag Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 159:1-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2161 D. W. Krause. 1987. Systematic Revision of the Genus Prochetodon (Ptilodontidae, Multituberculata) from the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene of Western North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(8):221-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
2947 K. D. Rose. 1975. The Carpolestidae: Early Tertiary primates from North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 147(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]