MP-122: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Palaeictops bicuspis
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Microparamys cheradius
Ivy 1990
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Paramys taurus
Korth 1984
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops angustidens
(Matthew 1915)
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Clyde 1997 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Clyde 1997 | 40 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonius matthewi
Bown and Rose 1987
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Clyde 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
originally entered as "Tetonius mathewi" | ||||||||||
Pseudotetonius ambiguus
(Matthew 1915)
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Clyde 1997 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
Teilhardina americana
Bown 1976
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Plagiomene multicuspis
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Leipsanolestes siegfriedti
Simpson 1928
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Cardiolophus semihians
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Hyracotherium cristatum
Wortman 1896
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Systemodon tapirinus | ||||||||||
Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Clyde 1997 | 48 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium pernix
(Marsh 1876)
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Clyde 1997 | 95 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Arenahippus pernix | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Phenacodus trilobatus
Cope 1881
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Clyde 1997 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Clyde 1997 | 57 specimens | ||||||||
Bunophorus etsagicus
(Cope 1882)
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Gingerich 1994 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
? Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena intermedia
Denison 1938
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Oxyaena forcipata
Cope 1874
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Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Didelphodus absarokae
(Cope 1881)
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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 | ||||||||
Prototomus phobos
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Clyde 1997 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Polly 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Vassacyon promicrodon
(Wortman and Matthew 1899)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Uintacyon rudis
Rose 1981
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Clyde 1997 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Pachyaena ossifraga
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus simplex
Loomis 1905
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Gingerich 1994 | 291 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus insidiosus
(Cope 1874)
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Haplomylus scottianus n. sp.
Gingerich 1994
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Gingerich 1994 | 141 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa veterrima
Matthew 1901
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Clyde 1997 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon armatus
(Cope 1872)
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Clyde 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Coryphodon lobatus
Cope 1877
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Clyde 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Clyde 1997 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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? Leidyosuchus sp.
Lambe 1907
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Clyde 1997 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 91.5° 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: | Wasatchian | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Willwood | ||
Local section: | West Whistle Creek | Local bed: | 835 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Regional section: | Southeast | Regional bed: | 2010 |
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 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Taxonomic list comments:855 m level in local section, Wa-5 |
Metadata
Database number: | 15694 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde, L. Gannon |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2012-04-05 00:53:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 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:
19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
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] | |
1662 | P. D. Gingerich. 1994. New species of Apheliscus, Haplomylus, and Hyopsodus (Mammalia, Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene of southern Montana and early Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(6):119-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard] | |
1745 | G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
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] |