Powder River 51-62: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus miticulus
(Cope 1874)
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= Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus nitidus
Simpson 1937
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= Apheliscus sp.
Cope 1875
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Gingerich 1994 | |||||||||
| possibly A. chydaeus | ||||||||||
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Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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= Diacodexis primus
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
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Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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| small; larger rodent also present | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Pelycodus mckennai
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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= Cantius mckennai
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Gingerich and Simons 1977 | |||||||||
| "P. ralstoni" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops wilsoni
Szalay 1969
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= Arctodontomys wilsoni
Szalay 1969
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Johnson |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 106.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 89.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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 | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | "Wasatch" |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 16027 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1358. | E. Delson. 1971. Fossil mammals of the early Wasatchian Powder River local fauna, Eocene of northeast. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 146(4) [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] | |
| 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] | |
| 1675 | P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2183 | L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1985. Revision of the Eocene Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 7. Revision of Diacodexis (Mammalian, Artiodactyla). Annals of Carnegie Museum 54(14):413-486 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |