Elk Creek (340 m): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Planetochelys dithyros
Hutchison 2013
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Hutchison 2013 | |||||||||
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Protochelydra sp.
Erickson 1973
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Holroyd et al. 2001 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Cardichelyon rogerwoodi
Hutchison 2013
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Hutchison 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx sp.
Cope 1874
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| "1" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus sp.
Marsh 1872
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| "1" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Leptacodon jepseni
McKenna 1960
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= Dartonius jepseni
McKenna 1960
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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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; USGS D-1201, 1288, 1294, 1373N, 1493; Y-135, 157, 216 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 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 |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:YPM 135 and 157 and all USGS localities are in Washakie County, all others are in Big Horn County exact level is uncertain if not listed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | YPM 125, YPM 135 = UCMP V81071 (343 m), 157 (upper: 336 m), 216 (340 m), USGS D-1201 (344 m), 1288 (336 m), 1294 (342 m), 1373 (338 m), 1493 (344 m) | ||
| Database number: | 15529 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-04-19 21:00:46 |
| 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:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 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] | |
| 17201 | P. A. Holroyd, J. H. Hutchison, and S. G. Strait. 2001. Turtle diversity and abundance through the lower Eocene Willwood Formation of the southern Bighorn Basin. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 33:97-108 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 55096 | J. H. Hutchison. 2013. New turtles from the Paleogene of North America. In D. B. Brinkman, P. A. Holroyd, J. D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 477-497 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |