Elk Creek (430 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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| "latidens/miticulus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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| "intermedia/forcipata" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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= Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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= Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium grangeri
Gingerich 1989
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| "H. sp. 1" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus brachypternus
Cope 1882
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= Copecion brachypternus
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius metoecus
Bown and Rose 1987
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
| USGS D-1379, 1381 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 90.8° 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: | 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YPM 83, 86, 271, USGS D-1379 (430 m), 1381 (430 m) | ||
| Database number: | 15540 | ||
| 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:
| 3021. | D. M. Schankler. 1980. Faunal Zonation of the Willwood Formation in the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 24:99-114 [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] | |
| 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] |