1 1/2 Miles Northwest of Healey's Cabin: Clarkforkian, Colorado

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus navajovius (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Prosthecion major Patterson and West 1973
    = Ectocion major Patterson and West 1973
Alroy 2002
Phenacodus cf. vortmani (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Barylambdidae
Barylambda faberi (Patterson 1933)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Colorado County:Mesa
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 108.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 90.9° 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
*Local age/stage:Clarkforkian
Key time interval: Clarkforkian
Age range of interval: 56.2 - 54.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:DeBeque
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Clarkforkian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:FMNH
Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic level unknown
Metadata
Also known as:FMNH 916-39
Database number:15258
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2078. A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]