MP-141: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon radians
(Cope 1872)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus latidens
Denison 1937
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium pernix
(Marsh 1876)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Arenahippus pernix | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena intermedia
Denison 1938
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Plagiomene multicuspis
Matthew 1918
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonius matthewi
Bown and Rose 1987
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1 specimen | |||||||||
originally entered as "Tetonius mathewi" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius trigonodus
(Matthew 1915)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Parectypodus simpsoni
Jepsen 1930
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Ectypodus simpsoni | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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specimens | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 108.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 91.4° 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: | Foster Gulch - Y U Bench | Local bed: | 630 | ||
Regional section: | MP Southeast | Regional bed: | 1825 | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Wa-4 |
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: | 46730 | ||
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] |