Cedar Mountain (UW V-82010): Puercan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Mammalia
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Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Triisodontidae
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Triisodontinae indet.
(Scott 1892)
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| original and current combination Triisodontidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Arctocyonidae indet.
Murray 1866
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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cf. Swainiguanoides sp.
Sullivan 1982
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Odaxosaurus piger
(Gilmore 1928)
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cf. Machaerosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Reptilia
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Testudinata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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Baenidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Adocidae
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Adocus sp.
Cope 1868
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Leidyosuchus sp.
Lambe 1907
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= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Reptilia
- Crocodylidae
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Crocodylidae indet.
Cuvier 1807
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Reptilia
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Champsosaurus sp.
Cope 1876
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton tectum
Cope 1876
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Habrosaurus dilatus
Gilmore 1928
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Atractosteus occidentalis
(Leidy 1856)
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| original and current combination Lepidotus occidentalis | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Fagales
- Juglandaceae
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"Carya" antiquorum
Newberry 1868
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| recombined as Hicoria antiquora | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Vitales
- Vitaceae
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"Cissus" marginatus
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"Ampelopsis" acerifolia
(Newberry 1868)
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Angiospermae
- Proteales
- Platanaceae
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Platanus raynoldsii
(Newberry 1868)
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| original and current combination Platanus raynoldsi | ||||||||||
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Angiospermae
- Cornales
- Cornaceae
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Cornus nebrascensis
Schimper 1874
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Angiospermae
- Saxifragales
- Cercidiphyllaceae
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Cercidiphyllum genetrix
(Newberry 1868)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs/Washakie |
| Coordinates: | 43.9° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.6° North, 84.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | ||||
| Local section: | Cedar | Local bed: | 4 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation' | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 13 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
| Taxonomic list comments:some herps may be from other localities described by Hartman, but the "majority" of them are from here | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14805 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-03-16 09:17:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 829. | J. E. Hartman. 1986. Paleontology and biostratigraphy of lower part of Polecat Bench Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 24(1):11-63 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] |
Secondary references:
| 19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |