Chappo Type Locality: Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
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Peradectes elegans
Matthew and Granger 1921
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28 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Dorraletes diminutivus
(Dorr 1952)
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101 specimens | |||||||||
described by Gingerich 1983c (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Aletodon cf. quadravus
Gingerich 1983
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1 specimen | |||||||||
described by Gingerich 1983c | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Litocherus lacunatus
(Gazin 1956)
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9 specimens | |||||||||
described by Gingerich 1983c | ||||||||||
Diacocherus meizon
Gingerich 1983
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71 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Adunator meizon | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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146 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpodaptes cf. hazelae
Simpson 1936
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83 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Picrodontidae
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Picrodus cf. silberlingi
Douglass 1908
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3 specimens | |||||||||
(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Picrodus sp.
Douglass 1908
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Scott and Fox 2005 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis cf. rex
(Gidley 1923)
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225 specimens | |||||||||
Chiromyoides minor n. sp.
Gingerich 1975
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8 specimens | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Dissacus sp.
Cope 1881
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Tytthaena parrisi
Gingerich 1980
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1 specimen | |||||||||
described by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Protictis agastor
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Protictis paralus
Holtzman 1978
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Raphictis cf. gausion
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Claenodon informal sp. small
Scott 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Claenodon informal sp. large
Scott 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Thryptacodon australis
Simpson 1935
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8 specimens | |||||||||
Chriacus oconostotae
Van Valen 1978
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Lambertocyon gingerichi n. sp.
Gunnell 1994
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33 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion collinus
Russell 1929
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Phenacodus grangeri
Simpson 1935
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Leptacodon cf. munusculus
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34 specimens | |||||||||
= Leptacodon cf. munusculum
Simpson 1935
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Propalaeosinopa cf. diluculi
(Simpson 1935)
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27 specimens | |||||||||
= Bessoecetor cf. septentrionalis
Russell 1929
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Scott et al. 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Cedrocherus aceratus n. sp.
Gunnell 1994
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Palaeoryctes cruoris n. sp.
Gunnell 1994
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78 specimens | |||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus
Van Valen 1966
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36 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Labidolemur soricoides
Matthew and Granger 1921
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Unuchinia dysmathes
Holtzman 1978
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Niphredil sp.
Van Valen 1978
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2 specimens | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
= Paleotomus sp.
Van Valen 1967
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon cf. furor
Novacek 1977
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Prodiacodon cf. concordiarcensis
Simpson 1935
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Stylinodontidae
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Stylinodontidae indet.
Marsh 1875
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1 specimen | |||||||||
apparently replaces "cf. Lampadophorus sp." of Dorr and Gingerich 1980 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus sp.
Cope 1881
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5 specimens | |||||||||
"C" | ||||||||||
Ptilodus kummae
Krause 1977
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15 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus cf. powelli
Jepsen 1940
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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26 specimens | |||||||||
Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri
(Simpson 1936)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
(Jepsen 1940)
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29 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Lincoln |
Coordinates: | 41.8° North, 110.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 91.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Middle Tiffanian |
Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 38 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:replaces earlier list of Dorr and Gingerich 1980 stratigraphic position relative to Buckman Hollow and Chappo Oil Well indeterminate, contra Gingerich 1976 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Type Chappo; Chappo Gulch; Chappo-17 | ||
Database number: | 14936 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-12-01 13:02:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1731. | G. F. Gunnell. 1994. Paleocene mammals and faunal analysis of the Chappo Type Locality (Tiffanian), Green River Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):81-104 [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] | |
1667 | P. D. Gingerich and J. A. Dorr, Jr. 1979. Mandible of Chiromyoides minor (Mammalia, Primates) from the Upper Paleocene Chappo Member of the Wasatch Formation, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 53(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
9999 | G. Hahn and C. Brauckmann. 1975. Zur Evolution von Carbonocoryphe (Trilobita; Unter-Karbon). Senckenbergiana lethaea 56(4/5):303-333 [D. Korn/D. Korn/D. Korn] | |
14679 | C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |