SC-165: Tiffanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis harrisorum (Patterson 1939)
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Pentacosmodon pronus Jepsen 1940
Microcosmodon conus Jepsen 1930
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Parectypodus laytoni (Jepsen 1940)
Secord 2008
original and current combination Ectypodus laytoni
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Prochetodon cavus Jepsen 1940
see also Krause 1987b (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur pagei Jepsen 1930
Secord 2008
recombined as Dillerlemur pagei
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis simonsi Gingerich 1975
Secord 2008
Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen 1930
Rose 1981
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes sp. Simpson 1928
Rose 1981
    = Carpolestes dubius Jepsen 1930
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen 1990
Secord 2008
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon cf. nexus (Gazin 1956)
Secord 2008
Princetonia cf. yalensis Gingerich 1989
Secord 2008
Thryptacodon pseudarctos Simpson 1928
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Protictis schaffi Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
    = Viverravus politus Matthew and Granger 1915
Alroy 2002
    = Viverravus schaffi Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Phenacodaptes sabulosus Jepsen 1930
Secord 2008
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Adunator minutus (Jepsen 1930)
Secord 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Park
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.2° North, 88.7° 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:Tiffanian
Key time interval:Tiffanian
Age range of interval:61.70000 - 56.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Tiffanian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Museum repositories:UMMP
Metadata
Database number:15057
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1173. S. J. Carlson and D. W. Krause. 1985. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1676 P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler. 1985. Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2953 K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
63104 R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192 [K. Beard/K. Beard]