Cleopatra Reservoir: Clarkforkian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Phenacodontidae indet.
Cope 1881
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cf. Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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? Palaeosinopa sp.
Matthew 1901
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis cf. dubius
(Matthew 1915)
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Plesiadapis cookei
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpolestes cf. nigridens
Simpson 1928
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 89.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Key time interval: | Clarkforkian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.20000 - 54.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation' |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:not clear whether Rose agrees with i.d. of single incisor as Chiromyoides potior by Gingerich 1976 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15080 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-03-16 09:28:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2953. | K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |