Cedar Mountain (UW V-82021): Tiffanian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Aphronorus cf. ratatoski Winterfeld 1982
Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Promioclaenus cf. acolytus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Nannodectes intermedius (Gazin 1971)
Plesiadapis praecursor Gingerich 1975
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Litomylus cf. dissentaneus Simpson 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Hot Springs/Washakie
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 108.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.6° North, 88.2° 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
Key time interval:Tiffanian
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Local section:Cedar Local bed:29
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:15015
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2021-03-16 09:24:17
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]