SC-21: 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
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Aletodon gunnelli
Gingerich 1977
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Thewissen 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis proteus
Polly 1997
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Polly 1997 | ||||||
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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: | 1400 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15101 | ||
| 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:
| 2787 | P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |