Elk Creek (690 m) (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as YPM 24, 32
Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.5° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 90.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: D. M. Schankler. 1980. Faunal Zonation of the Willwood Formation in the Central Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 24:99-114 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15567: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 611 m in revised section
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Kopidosaurus perplexus n. gen. n. sp.3
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Megalesthonyx hopsoni Rose 1971 tillodont
Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont | |
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Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont | |
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"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix, "Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri
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Heptodon posticus Cope 1882 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
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"Bunophorus" macropternus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
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