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] |