Twnf-E: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Meniscotherium chamense
Cope 1874
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sublette |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 110.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.9° North, 83.0° 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: | Alkali Creek Tongue | ||
| Local section: | GRBsn | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: originally "Western Facies" of the "New Fork Tongue Member" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NF-7 | ||
| Database number: | 15850 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3596. | R. M. West. 1973. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the New Fork-Big Sandy area, Sublette County, Wyoming. Fieldiana: Geology 29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |