Chappo Oil Well: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Lincoln |
| Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 110.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.1° North, 84.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 5 specimens |
| Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic position relative to Buckman Hollow and Chappo Type Locality indeterminate | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15462 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1376. | J. A. Dorr, Jr. and P. D. Gingerich. 1980. Early Cenozoic mammalian paleontology, geologic structure, and tectonic history in the overthrust belt near LaBarge, western Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 18(2):101-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |