Rock Springs Uplift (UW V-77010): Torrejonian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Aphronorus ratatoski n. sp. Winterfeld 1982
Mammalia - Periptychidae
Anisonchus cf. sectorius (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Chriacus orthogonius Russell 1929
    = Thryptacodon orthogonius Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Sweetwater
Coordinates: 41.7° North, 109.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.3° North, 87.5° 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:Torrejonian
Age range of interval:63.30000 - 61.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Local section:RockS Local bed:87 m
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:14880
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3716. G. F. Winterfeld. 1982. Mammalian paleontology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), eastern Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(1):73-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]