Cedar Creek (Upper): Orellan, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cedromus wardi
Wilson 1949
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys elegans
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Megalagus turgidus
(Cope 1873)
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Palaeolagus intermedius
Matthew 1899
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Palaeolagus burkei
Schlaikjer 1935
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Pseudocynodictis lippincottianus
(Cope 1873)
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= "Hesperocyon" coloradensis
Wang 1994
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon horridus
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx ? evansi
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Hypisodontidae
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Hypisodus minimus
(Cope 1873)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Logan |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 95.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White River | Formation: | Brule | Member: | Cedar Creek |
| Local section: | Logan | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:status of "Protomeryx campester" is unclear in light of Honey et al. 1998 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17083 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-12-02 14:29:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1570. | E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |