UMMP SC-191: Tiffanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935
Phenacodus vortmani (Cope 1880)
Ectocion osbornianus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis cf. dubius (Matthew 1915)
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes nigridens Simpson 1928
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur pagei Jepsen 1930
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis harrisorum (Patterson 1939)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
Eucosmodontidae indet. Jepsen 1940
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Prochetodon taxus Krause 1987
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Park
Coordinates: 44.9° North, 108.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.7° North, 88.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
Key time interval: Tiffanian Mammal zone:  Ti-6
Age range of interval: 60.9 - 56.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UMMP
Metadata
Database number:190419
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-12-07 20:09:05 Last modified:2017-12-07 20:09:05
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-07 20:09:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63104. R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192 [K. Beard/K. Beard]