Chappo Oil Well (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Chappo Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. A. Dorr, Jr. and P. D. Gingerich. 1980. Early Cenozoic mammalian paleontology, geologic structure, and tectonic history in the overthrust belt near LaBarge, western Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 18(2):101-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 15462: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
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Taxonomic list
• stratigraphic position relative to Buckman Hollow and Chappo Type Locality indeterminate
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| Mammalia | |
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Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |
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Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
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? Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872 placental | |
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Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont | |