SC-20: Clarkforkian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Dipsalidictis platypus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Paramys cf. excavatus
Loomis 1907
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= Paramyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Ivy 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis cookei
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur pagei
Jepsen 1930
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= Dillerlemur pagei
Jepsen 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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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
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Esthonyx ancylion
Gingerich and Gunnell 1979
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| recombined as Azygonyx ancylion | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Dinocerata
- Prodinoceratidae
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Probathyopsis praecursor
Simpson 1929
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 90.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Local section: | Clark | Local bed: | 1380 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:meter level said to be 1380 by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 but appears to be 1340 m in fig. 3; this is very discrepant | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15100 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| 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] | |
| 1745 | G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 1999 | L. D. Ivy. 1990. Systematics of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Rodentia (Mammalia) from the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(2):21-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |