Phareodus encaustus type locality: Eocene, Wyoming
collected by Cope 1871

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
Phareodus encaustus Cope 1871
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 109.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.7° North, 97.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Green River Member:Laney
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "shale"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:rare
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all macrofossils,all microfossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:1
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Cope Collection dates:1871
Metadata
Database number:134736
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Research group:freshwater,vertebrate
Created:2012-10-15 12:37:02 Last modified:2012-10-14 20:37:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-15 12:37:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43281. G. Q. Li, L. Grande, and M. V. H. Wilson. 1997. The species of †Phareodus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Eocene of North America and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):487-505 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/M. Clapham]