Windy Mudstone (UW V-91004): Puercan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Cyclurus fragosa
(Jordan 1927)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Cyclurus fragosus | ||||||||||
| UW 26535, 27264 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 26534 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Teleostei indet.
Müller 1846
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27357 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Odaxosaurus piger
(Gilmore 1928)
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27243 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27204 | ||||||||||
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Eusuchia indet.
Huxley 1875
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27298 ("Leidyosuchus") | ||||||||||
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 26532 | ||||||||||
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 26533 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Lillegraven and Eberle 1999 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UW 27239 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Protungulatum sloani
Van Valen 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Protungulatum donnae
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Mimatuta sp.
Van Valen 1978
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Oxyprimus sp.
Van Valen 1978
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Oxyprimus galadrielae
Van Valen 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
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Proteutheria indet.
Romer 1966
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peradectes pusillus
(Matthew and Granger 1921)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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= Thylacodon cf. pusillus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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40 specimens | |||||||||
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? Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mesodma ambigua
Jepsen 1940
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Mesodma hensleighi
Lillegraven 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mesodma formosa
(Marsh 1889)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Carbon |
| Coordinates: | 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 84.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Puercan |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 29 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
| Taxonomic list comments:Ornithomimus cf. velox, UW 26303 is probably a reworked Lancian fossil in this collection. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14796 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-05-05 12:41:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1419. | J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2236 | J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |