MP-149: 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 latidens
Denison 1937
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Clyde 1997 | 28 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys taurus
Korth 1984
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius mckennai
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Clyde 1997 | 13 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium aemulor
Gingerich 1991
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Clyde 1997 | 31 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Phenacodus ? trilobatus
Cope 1881
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 9 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis leptomylus
Cope 1880
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Arfia opisthotoma
(Matthew 1901)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon sp.
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa lutreola
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplomylus scottianus
Gingerich 1994
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Gingerich 1994 | 5 specimens | |||||
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= Haplomylus speirianus
Cope 1880
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
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Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon radians
(Cope 1872)
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Clyde 1997 | 5 specimens | |||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Reptilia
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 108.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 91.4° 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: | 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Willwood | ||
| Local section: | Foster Gulch - Y U Bench | Local bed: | 375 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Regional section: | Southeast | Regional bed: | 1570 |
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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: | 15699 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, L. Gannon, W. Clyde |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-02-15 07:38:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
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] | |
| 1662 | P. D. Gingerich. 1994. New species of Apheliscus, Haplomylus, and Hyopsodus (Mammalia, Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene of southern Montana and early Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(6):119-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard] |