Elk Creek (310 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Glyptosaurus sp.
Marsh 1871
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ElShafie 2024 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur simonsi
Bown and Rose 1976
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonius sp.
Matthew 1915
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
T. matthewi-ambiguus intergrade; Y-365 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius mckennai
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Gebo 1987 | |||||||||
USGS D-1577L, 311 m level | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 90.8° West | ||||
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: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:USGS 1577L is in Washakie County "Copelemur praetutus" of Gingerich and Simons from YPM 365 is probably not of this genus: Beard 1988b |
Metadata
Also known as: | USGS 1577L; YPM 365 | ||
Database number: | 15525 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | 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:
3021. | D. M. Schankler. 1980. Faunal Zonation of the Willwood Formation in the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 24:99-114 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
1123 | T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
87093 | S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
1624 | D. L. Gebo. 1987. Humeral Morphology of Cantius, an Early Eocene Adapid. Folia Primatologica 49 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |