Elk Creek (350 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Pachyaena gigantea
Osborn and Wortman 1892
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O'Leary and Rose 1995 | |||||||||
| YPM 131, "344-348-m level" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonius sp.
Matthew 1915
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| T. matthewi-ambiguus intergrade; Y-131 | ||||||||||
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Pseudotetonius ambiguus
(Matthew 1915)
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| USGS D-1287, 1335, Y-131 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Cardichelyon rogerwoodi
Hutchison 2013
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Hutchison 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Washakie |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 90.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:all three localities are from the southern field area south of the county line | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Y-131 (348 m), USGS D-1287 (346 m), D-1335 (346 m) | ||
| Database number: | 15530 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1123. | T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 55096 | J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 2677 | M. A. O'Leary and K. D. Rose. 1995. New mesonychian dentitions from the Paleocene of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 64(2):147-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |