R.O.M. Franimys site: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Franimys amherstensis
Wood 1962
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 108.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.1° North, 90.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "middle Gray Bull" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | ROM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109003 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-09 15:22:42 | Last modified: | 2011-05-09 01:22:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-09 15:22:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3731. | A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |