SC-10: Clarkforkian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915
Thewissen 1990
Phenacodus vortmani (Cope 1880)
Ectocion osbornianus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus bowni Gingerich 1987
    = Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915
Polly 1997
replaces ID of Gingerich 1987
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops sp. Leidy 1872
    = Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892
Alroy 2002
Arctodontomys simplicidens (Rose 1981)
Gunnell 1985
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937
Mammalia
Esthonyx grangeri Simpson 1937
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Park
Coordinates: 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 90.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1-2
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Paleocene
Key time interval: Clarkforkian
Age range of interval: 56.2 - 54.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:Clark Local bed:1480 m
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UMMP
Metadata
Database number:15097
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1728 G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2787 P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]