Elk Creek (310 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anguidae
cf. Glyptosaurus sp. Marsh 1871
ElShafie 2024
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur simonsi Bown and Rose 1976
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915
Bown and Rose 1987
T. matthewi-ambiguus intergrade; Y-365
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius mckennai (Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Willwood
Local section:ElkCr Local bed:310 m
Local order:bottom to top
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]