Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.7° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willwood Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UMMP
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: X. Zhou, W. J. Sanders, and P. D. Gingerich. 1992. Functional and behavioral implications of vertebral structure in Pachyaena ossifraga (Mammalia, Mesonychia). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(12):289-319 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 15709: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Pachyaena ossifraga Cope 1874 condylarth | |
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor
"Hyracotherium aemulor" = Arenahippus aemulor Gingerich 1991 horse |