Also known as Type Chappo; Chappo Gulch; Chappo-17
Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 91.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chappo Member (Wasatch Formation), Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be middle Tiffanian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1994. Paleocene mammals and faunal analysis of the Chappo Type Locality (Tiffanian), Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):81-104 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14936: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
stratigraphic position relative to Buckman Hollow and Chappo Oil Well indeterminate, contra Gingerich 1976
Mammalia | |
Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977 multituberculate | |
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri Simpson 1936 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate | |
Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial | |
"Diacocherus meizon" = Adunator meizon
"Diacocherus meizon" = Adunator meizon Gingerich 1983 elephant shrew | |
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Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935 condylarth
Ectocion collinus Russell 1929 condylarth | |
Thryptacodon australis, Chriacus oconostotae, Lambertocyon gingerichi n. sp., Claenodon "sp. small", Claenodon "sp. large"
Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Chriacus oconostotae Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Lambertocyon gingerichi n. sp. Gunnell 1994 condylarth
Claenodon "sp. small" Scott 1892 condylarth
Claenodon "sp. large" Scott 1892 condylarth | |
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Protictis agastor Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978 placental
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental | |
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth | |
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Cedrocherus aceratus n. sp.
Cedrocherus aceratus n. sp. Gunnell 1994 hedgehog | |
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Carpodaptes cf. hazelae Simpson 1936 primate | |
Chiromyoides minor n. sp. Gingerich 1975 primate
Plesiadapis cf. rex Gidley 1923 primate | |
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Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate | |
Prodiacodon cf. furor Novacek 1977 eutherian
Prodiacodon cf. concordiarcensis Simpson 1935 eutherian | |
Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus Van Valen 1966 eutherian
Palaeoryctes cruoris n. sp. Gunnell 1994 eutherian | |
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Labidolemur soricoides Matthew and Granger 1921 eutherian
Unuchinia dysmathes Holtzman 1978 eutherian | |
Stylinodontidae indet. taeniodont apparently replaces "cf. Lampadophorus sp." of Dorr and Gingerich 1980
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