MP-23: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Reptilia
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 20 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus loomisi
McKenna 1960
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Clyde 1997 | 28 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Arctodontomys wilsoni
(Szalay 1969)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur sp.
Matthew 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius mckennai
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Clyde 1997 | 10 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
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Wyolestes apheles
Gingerich 1981
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus browni
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Polly 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Polly 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
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Vassacyon promicrodon
(Wortman and Matthew 1899)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Miacis deutschi
Gingerich 1983
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena gulo
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | 1 specimen | |||||
Oxyaena intermedia
Denison 1938
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Arfia shoshoniensis
(Matthew and Granger 1915)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Prototomus martis
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 12 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium aemulor
Gingerich 1991
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Clyde 1997 | 43 specimens | |||||
recombined as Arenahippus aemulor | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Cardiolophus radinskyi
Gingerich 1991
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon eocaenus
Owen 1846
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 108.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.5° North, 91.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
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 |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Taxonomic list comments:may be in Big Horn County, Wa-3 |
Metadata
Database number: | 15683 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, L. Gannon, W. Clyde |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-15 07:42:54 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
11717 | W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. PhD Thesis, University of Michigan [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy] | |
1745 | G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2787 | P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |