Witter Quarry: Tiffanian, North Dakota
collected by Dr. Vernon Bailey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Titanoides primaevus n. sp.
Gidley 1917
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Hartman and Kihm 1991 | |||||||||
| of Gidley 1917 see discussion of Simons 1960 (4 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | North Dakota | County: | Williams |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 103.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.3° North, 81.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sentinel Butte | ||
| Local section: | Wittr | Local bed: | 2 |
| 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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Dr. Vernon Bailey |
| Taxonomic list comments:47.9 m above base of fm. and 23 m above Below Witter Quarry | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Buford; L5608 | ||
| Database number: | 15004 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Karr | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-08-05 03:00:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36965. | J. W. Gidley. 1917. Notice of new Paleocene mammal, a possible relative of the Titanotheres. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 52(2187):431-435 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] |
Secondary references:
| 1804 | J. H. Hartman and A. J. Kihm. 1991. Stratigraphic distribution of Titanoides (Mammalia: Pantodonta) in the Fort Union Group (Paleocene) of North Dakota. Saskatchewan Geological Society Special Publication 11:207-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |