SC-243: 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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Ptilodus kummae
Krause 1977
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Aaptoryctes cf. ivyi
Gingerich 1982
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Lambertocyon sp.
Gingerich 1979
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus grangeri
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur archus
Secord 2008
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Chiromyoides caesor
Gingerich 1973
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Plesiadapis churchilli
Gingerich 1975
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Plesiadapis cf. fodinatus
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Aletodon sp.
Gingerich 1977
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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? Litocherus lacunatus
(Gazin 1956)
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Adunator minutus
(Jepsen 1930)
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon paucus
Secord 2008
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.2° North, 88.7° 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: | Clark | Local bed: | 425 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:meter level based on Butler et al. 1981; said to be Ti4 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15059 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 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:
| 63104 | R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192 [K. Beard/K. Beard] |