Love Quarry: Tiffanian, Wyoming
collected by Love

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Mammalia - Mixodectidae
? Mixodectes sp. Cope 1883
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Dermoptera
cf. Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758
"Phenacolemur or Paromomys"
    = ? Paromomys depressidens Gidley 1923
McKenna 1980
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Zanycteris sp. Matthew 1917
"paleocenus"
    = Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis informal sp. A Gervais 1877
    = Plesiadapis rex Gidley 1923
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpodaptes hobackensis Dorr 1952
McKenna 1980
    = Carpolestinae indet. Russell 1964
Alroy 2002
presumably "Carpolestes sp." of Rose 1975a; status unclear in light of Beard and Wang 1995
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Didymictis informal sp. A Cope 1875
    = Didymictis sp. Cope 1875
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus brachypternus Cope 1882
McKenna 1980
    = Copecion cf. brachypternus Cope 1882
Alroy 2002
Gidleyina sp. Simpson 1935
    = Ectocion sp. Cope 1882
McKenna 1980
    = Ectocion cedrus Thewissen 1990
Thewissen 1990
Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
    = Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935
McKenna 1980
    = Phenacodus matthewi Simpson 1935
Thewissen 1990
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
? Tricentes sp. Cope 1884
    = Mimotricentes subtrigonus Cope 1881
McKenna 1980
recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus
? Thryptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1915
    = Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Propalaeosinopa thomsoni (Simpson 1936)
    = Propalaeosinopa diluculi Simpson 1935
Alroy 2002
    = Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Litolestes notissimus Simpson 1936
McKenna 1980
    = cf. Litocherus notissimus Simpson 1936
Alroy 2002
Mckennatherium ladae (Simpson 1935)
McKenna 1980
    = Adunator cf. ladae Simpson 1935
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Litomylus sp. Simpson 1935
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Protoselene cf. opisthacus (Cope 1882)
McKenna 1980
Promioclaenus sp. Trouessart 1904
    = Promioclaenus cf. aquilonius Simpson 1935
McKenna 1980
    = Promioclaenus cf. acolytus Cope 1882
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Leptictidae
? Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
McKenna 1980
"cf. Prochetodon cavus or Ptilodus sp."
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax mckennai n. sp. Sloan 1987
Sloan 1987
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940
McKenna 1980
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Neoplagiaulax fractus Dorr 1952
recombined as Ptilodus fractus
Reptilia - Testudinata
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Teton
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 110.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.1° North, 90.8° 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
Local section:Togwo Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "limestone-pellet conglomerate"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collectors:Love
Taxonomic list comments:unit underlying Lower Variegated Sequence
Gunnell 1994 lists Ptilodus sp. "C"; not clear if this replaces P. fractus
Metadata
Also known as:Love's Locality L-14
Database number:15034
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2019-12-16 16:09:18
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71260. M. C. McKenna. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. In R. M. West (ed.), Field Conference on Tertiary Biostratigraphy of Southern and Western Wyoming, August 5-10, 1972 80-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2536 M. C. McKenna. 1980. Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary vertebrate paleontological reconnaissance, Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert, L. L. Jacobs (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Press 323-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
3196 R. E. Sloan. 1987. Paleocene and latest Cretaceous mammal ages, biozones, magnetozones, rates of sedimentation, and evolution. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:165-200 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3401 J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]