Washakie B (Upper): Uintan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Epihippus gracilis
(Marsh 1871)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Amynodontidae
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Amynodon sp.
Marsh 1877
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Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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cf. Mesomeryx grangeri
Peterson 1919
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Mammalia
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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cf. Pantolestes sp.
Cope 1872
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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McCarroll 1995 | |||||||||
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Paramys compressidens
Peterson 1919
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Pareumys grangeri
Burke 1935
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Mammalia
- Primates
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Primates indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Ourayia uintensis
(Osborn 1895)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sweetwater |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.4° North, 97.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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 | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Washakie | Member: | Adobe Town, upper unit |
| Local section: | Washa | Local bed: | 8 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:this unit spans beds 675 to 708 of Roehler and is above the interval of known magnetic polarity in the formation thought by McCarroll 1995 to be equivalent to either Uinta B1 or B2 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16649 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-01-04 15:26:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2495. | S. M. McCarroll, J. J. Flynn, and W. D. Turnbull. 1996. Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of the Bridgerian-Uintan Washakie Formation, Washakie Basin, Wyoming. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 25-39 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 2493 | S. M. McCarroll. 1995. An early Uintan fauna from the upper unit of the Adobe Town Member, Washakie Formation, Washakie Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):42A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |