Upper Wiggins Formation (UW V-79004): Uintan, 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 uintensis
Osborn 1902
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Mammalia
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cf. Procynodictis sp.
Wortman and Matthew 1899
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Protoreodon cf. pumilus
(Marsh 1875)
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Mammalia
- Dichobunidae
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Dichobunidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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cf. Auxontodon sp.
Gazin 1958
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Amynodontidae
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Amynodon sp.
Marsh 1877
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Dilophodon sp.
Scott 1883
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Colodon cf. woodi
(Gazin 1956)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Epihippus uintensis
(Marsh 1875)
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= Epihippus gracilis
Marsh 1871
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Ocajila sp.
Macdonald 1963
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= Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Korth 1994 | |||||||||
| discussion indicates clearly that the species does not belong to Ocajila DUPLICATE REF 2121 or 2122 or 2123 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops cf. annectens
(Marsh 1872)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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cf. Hemiacodon sp.
Marsh 1872
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Macrotarsius cf. siegerti
Robinson 1968
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Reithroparamyidae
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Reithroparamys cf. delicatissimus
(Leidy 1871)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys cf. copei
Loomis 1907
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs |
| Coordinates: | 43.7° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 97.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 47 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16645 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-05-12 19:51:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1405. | J. G. Eaton. 1985. Paleontology and Correlation of the Eocene Tepee Trail and Wiggins Formations in the North Fork of Owl Creek Area, Southeastern Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2121 | W. W. Korth. 1994. Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):376-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |