Meniscotherium Zonule: Wasatchian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Strait et al. 2016
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Strait et al. 2016
Lophiparamys murinus (Matthew 1918)
Strait et al. 2016
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Strait et al. 2016
Microsyops indet. Leidy 1872
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Rankin and Holroyd 2014
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Apternodontidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Strait et al. 2016
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Alroy 2002
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Strait et al. 2016
Rankin and Holroyd 2014
Mammalia - Creodonta
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Metacheiromyidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Insectivora
"Insectivora" indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Rankin and Holroyd 2014
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Rankin and Holroyd 2014 2 specimens
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Palaeictops sp. Matthew 1899
Strait et al. 2016
Strait et al. 2016
Mammalia
Strait et al. 2016
Reptilia - Testudines
Strait et al. 2016
Reptilia
Anguimorpha indet. Fürbringer 1900
Strait et al. 2016
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Strait et al. 2016
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.7° North, 82.2° West (Wright 2013)
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: 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wasatch Member:Main Body
Local section:Washa Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UCMP
Taxonomic list comments:underlies Patrick Draw Zonule "O": see Savage et al. 1972
Metadata
Also known as:UCMP V-71237
Database number:15673
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-07-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1994-07-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
3647. T. E. Williamson and S. G. Lucas. 1992. Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra) from the Paleocene-Eocene of Western North America). New Mex Museum of Natural History Science Bulletin 1:1-75 [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]
53736 B. D. Rankin and P. A. Holroyd. 2014. Aceroryctes dulcis, a new palaeoryctid (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the early Eocene of the Wasatch Formation of southwestern Wyoming, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 51:919-926 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
58065 S. G. Strait, P. A. Holroyd, C. A. Denvir and B. D. Rankin. 2016. Early Eocene (Wasatchian) rodent assemblages from the Washakie Basin, Wyoming. PaleoBios 33:1-28 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]