Dell Creek Quarry: Tiffanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodontidae indet.
Cope 1887
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Neoplagiaulax fractus
Dorr 1952
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= Ptilodus fractus
Dorr 1952
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus powelli
Jepsen 1940
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Mammalia
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Eutheria indet.
(Huxley 1880)
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| small carnivoran or creodont | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Niphredil radagasti
Van Valen 1978
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= cf. Paleotomus radagasti
Van Valen 1978
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Gingerich 1980 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Leptacodon cf. ladae
Simpson 1935
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= Diacocherus minutus
Jepsen 1930
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Gingerich 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Adunator minutus | ||||||||||
| and "L. packii" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplaletes diminutivus n. sp.
Dorr 1952
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= Dorraletes diminutivus
Dorr 1952
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis dellensis n. sp.
Dorr 1952
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= Didymictis proteus
Polly 1997
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon australis
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa simpsoni
Van Valen 1967
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= Palaeosinopa dorri n. sp.
Gingerich 1980
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Gingerich 1980 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpodaptes hobackensis n. sp.
Dorr 1952
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= Carpocristes hobackensis
Dorr 1952
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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= Carpodaptes hobackensis
Dorr 1952
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Fox 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis fodinatus
Jepsen 1930
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Chiromyoides potior
Gingerich 1975
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Gelastops sp.
Simpson 1935
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= Aaptoryctes ivyi
Gingerich 1982
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Gingerich 1982 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Sublette |
| Coordinates: | 42.7° North, 110.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.8° North, 90.4° 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: | Late/Upper Tiffanian |
| Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Also known as: | UM-Sub-Wy Locality 1 | ||
| Database number: | 14944 | ||
| 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:
| 1375. | J. A. Dorr, Jr. 1978. Revised and Amended Fossil Vertebrate Faunal Lists, Early Tertiary, Hoback Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 16(2):79-84 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 7175 | R. C. Fox. 2002. The dentition and relationships of Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell) (Carpolestidae, Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia), from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 76(5):864-881 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1640 | P. D. Gingerich. 1980. Tytthaena parrisi, Oldest Known Oxyaenid (Mammalia, Creodonta) from the Late Paleocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 54(3):570-576 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 1642 | P. D. Gingerich. 1980. A new species of Palaeosinopa (Insectivora: Pantolestidae) from the late Paleocene of western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 61(3):449-454 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1647 | P. D. Gingerich. 1982. Second Species of Wyolestes (Condylarthra, Mesonychia) from the Early Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 63(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 1652 | P. D. Gingerich. 1983. New Adapisoricidae, Pentacodontidae, and Hyopsodontidae (Mammalia, Insectivora and Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene ofWyoming and Colorado. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 26(11):227-255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |