MP-152: Graybullian, 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 miticulus
(Cope 1874)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Hyopsodus simplex
Loomis 1905
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Clyde 1997 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cheradius
Ivy 1990
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Paramys taurus
Korth 1984
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Acritoparamys atwateri
(Loomis 1907)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops angustidens
(Matthew 1915)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius graybullianus
Bown and Rose 1976
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius metoecus
Bown and Rose 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Teilhardina sp.
Simpson 1940
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Clyde 1997 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Hyracotherium cristatum
Wortman 1896
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Clyde 1997 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium pernix
(Marsh 1876)
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Clyde 1997 | 45 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Copecion brachypternus
(Cope 1882)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 20 specimens | ||||||||
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Diacodexis robustus
Sinclair 1914
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
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Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Polly 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Polly 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena intermedia
Denison 1938
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Epoicotheriidae
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Alocodontulum atopum
(Rose et al. 1978)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Tubulodon atopum
Rose et al. 1978
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus insidiosus
(Cope 1874)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.3° North, 91.5° 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 | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Graybullian |
| Key time interval: | Graybullian | ||
| 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: | 980 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Southeast | Regional bed: | 2175 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Graybullian | |||||
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: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:zone assignment Wa-580 specimens total | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15701 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, L. Gannon, W. Clyde |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-07-13 17:08:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2962. | K. D. Rose, K. C. Beard, and P. Houde. 1993. Annals of Carnegie Museum 62(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |