Elk Creek (530 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Uintatheriidae
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Uintatheriidae indet.
Flower 1876
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"1" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon tauricinerei
(Jepsen 1930)
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Didelphodus absarokae
(Cope 1881)
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Palaeictops bicuspis
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Labidolemur kayi
Simpson 1929
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Gingerich 1982 | |||||||||
"Apatemys chardini/bellulus" DUPLICATE REF 1645 or 1646 or 1647 or 1648 or 1649 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
"2" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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"latidens/miticulus" | ||||||||||
Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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"loomisi/minor" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Perissodactyla indet.
(Owen 1848)
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"1" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium aemulor
Gingerich 1991
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recombined as Arenahippus aemulor | ||||||||||
"H. sp. 2" | ||||||||||
Hyracotherium grangeri
Gingerich 1989
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recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri | ||||||||||
"H. sp. 1" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon calciculus
(Cope 1880)
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Cardiolophus semihians
(Cope 1882)
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Gingerich 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Anacodon ursidens
Cope 1882
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Thryptacodon loisi
Kelley and Wood 1954
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= Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Bunophorus etsagicus
(Cope 1882)
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= Bunophorus grangeri
Sinclair 1914
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Stucky and Krishtalka 1990 | |||||||||
Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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= Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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cf. Hexacodus sp.
Gazin 1952
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus sp.
Marsh 1872
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"V. acutus/gracilis" | ||||||||||
Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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"curtidens/lysitensis" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Vulpavus canavus
(Cope 1881)
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Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Vassacyon promicrodon
(Wortman and Matthew 1899)
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Uintacyon asodes
Gazin 1952
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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= Miacis petilus
Gingerich 1983
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Gingerich 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon atavus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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confirmed by Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Prototomus secundarius
Cope 1875
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Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 | |||||||||
"P. sp. 1" | ||||||||||
Tritemnodon strenua
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= Tritemnodon strenuus
Cope 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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cf. Knightomys depressus
(Loomis 1907)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys cf. excavatus
Loomis 1907
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Paramys cf. copei
Loomis 1907
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Leptotomus loomisi
Wood 1962
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= cf. Mytonomys coloradensis
Wood 1962
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemurinae indet.
Simpson 1955
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"Phenacolemur sp. 1" and "P. sp. 2" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonoides sp.
Gazin 1962
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= Omomyidae indet.
Gazin 1958
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
form 1" | ||||||||||
Omomyidae indet.
Gazin 1958
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"1" | ||||||||||
Absarokius abbotti
(Loomis 1906)
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
Y-227, 228, USGS D-1157, 1230 level questionable: USGS D-1495, 1698, 1699 | ||||||||||
Absarokius metoecus
Bown and Rose 1987
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
USGS D-1230 level questionable: USGS D-1495, 1676, 1699 | ||||||||||
Tetonius homunculus
(Cope 1882)
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= Tetonius sp.
Matthew 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Pelycodus abditus
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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= Cantius abditus
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
at USGS D-1314 "470 meter level" according to Gebo 1987 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops sp.
Leidy 1872
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= Microsyopidae indet.
Osborn and Wortman 1892
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:USGS localities are in Washakie County YPM 45, 45N, 227, and 227N were placed at this level by Schankler, but 45 was placed at 470 m, and 227 at 457 m, by Bown and Rose (1987); see next list for YPM 45 other lists possibly at this level, with Bown levels: USGS D-1698, 1784 (455 m), 1699 (463 m), 1495 (464 m), 1676 (464 m) Steinius vespertinus is at USGS D-1699: B & R 87 |
Metadata
Also known as: | YPM 126, 227, 227N, 228, 253, USGS D-1157, 1230 | ||
Database number: | 15548 | ||
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] | |
1645 | P. D. Gingerich. 1982. Time resolution in mammalian evolution: sampling, lineages and faunal turnover. Proceedings of the Third North American Paleontological Convention 1:205-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1650 | P. D. Gingerich. 1983. Paleocene-Eocene faunal zones and a preliminary analysis of Laramide structural deformation in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 34:185-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1660 | P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Perissodactyla (Mammalia) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(8):181-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
1666 | P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3335 | R. K. Stucky and L. Krishtalka. 1990. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 10. Bunophorus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Annals of Carnegie Museum 59(2):149-171 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |