SC-109: Clarkforkian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur pagei Jepsen 1930
    = Dillerlemur pagei Jepsen 1930
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus praenuntius Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915
Thewissen 1990
Ectocion osbornianus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Didymictis protenus (Cope 1874)
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
Mammalia
Esthonyx ancylion Gingerich and Gunnell 1979
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872
    = Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929
Gingerich and Rose 1982
replaces ID of Rose 1981a; "A. chardini" of Bown and Schankler 1982
Mammalia
Lampadophorus sp. Patterson 1949
    = Ectoganus sp. Cope 1874
Alroy 2002
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:1280 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:15148
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]
1674 P. D. Gingerich and K. D. Rose. 1982. Studies on Paleocene and Early Eocene Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) I. Dentition of Clarkforkian Labidolemur kayi II. Labidolemur and Apatemys from the Early Wasatchian of the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(4):46-69 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
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]