SC-116: Clarkforkian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Microcosmodontidae
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Microcosmodon rosei
Krause 1980
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus powelli
Jepsen 1940
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis proteus
Polly 1997
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Polly 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus intermedius
Granger 1915
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Thewissen 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis cookei
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpolestes simpsoni
Bloch and Gingerich 1998
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Bloch and Gingerich 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Arctostylopidae
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Arctostylops steini
Matthew 1915
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Bartels 1983 | |||||||||
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Melanosaurus maximus
Gilmore 1928
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Bartels 1983 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.7° North, 90.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1-2 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Key time interval: | Clarkforkian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.20000 - 54.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Clark | Local bed: | 1370 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:meter level same as SC-19 (see) according to Rose 1981a, Bowen and Bloch 2002 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15151 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Enterer: | J. Alroy, W. Clyde | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2953. | K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 724 | W. S. Bartels. 1983. A transitional Paleocene-Eocene reptile fauna from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Herpetologica 39(4):359-374 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
| 1099 | J. I. Bloch and P. D. Gingerich. 1998. Carpolestes simpsoni, New Species (Mammalia, Proprimates) from the Late Paleocene of the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(4):131-162 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
| 2787 | P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |