SC-50: Clarkforkian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Diacodon minutus
Jepsen 1930
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= cf. Diacocherus minutus
Jepsen 1930
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
| recombined as Adunator minutus | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Paramys atavus
Jepsen 1937
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= Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur praecox
Matthew 1915
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis dubius
(Matthew 1915)
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Thewissen 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Viverravus politus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena cf. transiens
Matthew and Granger 1915
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= Dipsalidictis krausei
Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
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Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa sp.
Matthew 1901
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Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Prodinoceratidae
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Probathyopsis praecursor
Simpson 1929
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae informal indet. A
Rafinesque 1815
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Bartels 1983 | ||||||
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Emydidae informal indet. B
Rafinesque 1815
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Bartels 1983 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Melanosaurus maximus
Gilmore 1928
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Bartels 1983 | ||||||
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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: | 56.20000 - 54.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Clark | Local bed: | 1425 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:meter level said to be 1425 by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 but appears to be 1420 in fig. 3 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15109 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | 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] | |
| 724 | W. S. Bartels. 1983. A transitional Paleocene-Eocene reptile fauna from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Herpetologica 39(4):359-374 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
| 1745 | G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 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] |