SC-273: Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon cf. tauricinerei
(Jepsen 1930)
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Mammalia
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Ectoganus cf. lobdelli
(Simpson 1929)
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Secord 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Ectocion mediotuber
Thewissen 1990
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Secord 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Arctocyon cf. nexus
(Gazin 1956)
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Secord 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus laytoni
(Gingerich and Winkler 1985)
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Secord 2008 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Chiromyoides cf. caesor
Gingerich 1973
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Plesiadapis churchilli
Gingerich 1975
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Plesiadapis fodinatus
Jepsen 1930
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Piceoerpeton willwoodense
(Meszoely 1967)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.9° North, 109.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.8° North, 88.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "late Tiffanian" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 85096 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-26 15:15:41 | Last modified: | 2021-03-16 09:29:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-11-26 15:15:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28586. | B. G. Naylor and D. W. Krause. 1981. Piceoerpeton, a giant early Tertiary salamander from western North America. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):507-523 [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] |