SC-270: Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Aletodon sp.
Gingerich 1977
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis fodinatus
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus schaffi
(Gingerich and Winkler 1985)
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Dipsalodon churchillorum
Rose 1981
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon pseudarctos
Simpson 1928
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion mediotuber
Thewissen 1990
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Phenacodus grangeri
Simpson 1935
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Phenacodus magnus
Thewissen 1990
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Mammalia
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Ectoganus cf. lobdelli
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Prodinoceratidae
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Probathyopsis harrisorum
(Patterson 1939)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.1° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.0° North, 88.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 53059 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-09-02 18:02:12 | Last modified: | 2005-09-02 21:02:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-02 18:02:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14358. | D. W. Krause. 1980. Early Tertiary amphibians from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 243:69-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |