MP-123: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Echmatemys lativertebralis
(Cope 1877)
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specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus trilobatus
Cope 1881
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Hyracotherium cristatum
Wortman 1896
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1 specimen | ||||||
synonym of Systemodon tapirinus | |||||||
Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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7 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium pernix
(Marsh 1876)
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3 specimens | ||||||
recombined as Arenahippus pernix | |||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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5 specimens | ||||||
Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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1 specimen | ||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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2 specimens | ||||||
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | |||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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1 specimen | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° 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 |
Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Willwood | ||||
Local section: | West Whistle Creek | Local bed: | 845 | ||
Regional section: | MP Southeast | Regional bed: | 2020 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Wa-5 |
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 methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
Database number: | 46718 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Clyde | Enterer: | W. Clyde |
Modifier: | W. Clyde | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-01-24 09:55:26 | Last modified: | 2005-01-24 11:55:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-01-24 09:55:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |