MP-41: Early/Lower Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Clyde 1997 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus insidiosus
(Cope 1874)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus minor
Loomis 1905
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Clyde 1997 | 16 specimens | |||||
Hyopsodus lysitensis
Gingerich 1974
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Clyde 1997 | 30 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops latidens
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Clyde 1997 | 6 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Polly 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Polly 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Prototomus robustus
(Matthew and Granger 1915)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon atavus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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3 specimens | ||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Bunophorus etsagicus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 12 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Anacodon ursidens
Cope 1882
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 5 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium pernix
(Marsh 1876)
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Clyde 1997 | 44 specimens | |||||
recombined as Arenahippus pernix | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon calciculus
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Hyracotherium cristatum
Wortman 1896
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | |||||
synonym of Systemodon tapirinus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | |||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon lobatus
Cope 1877
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | |||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
Coordinates: | 44.4° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.0° North, 92.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Willwood | ||
Local section: | East Y U Bench | Local bed: | 1140 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Regional section: | Southeast | Regional bed: | 2335 |
Regional order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | intermontane basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Taxonomic list comments:may be in Big Horn County, Wa-6 |
Metadata
Database number: | 15684 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, L. Gannon, W. Clyde |
Modifier: | L. Gannon | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-11-30 15:16:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1666. | P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
11717 | W. C. Clyde. 1997. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary. PhD Thesis, University of Michigan [W. Clyde/W. Clyde/J. Alroy] | |
2787 | P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |