Exposure Near Top of Buzzard Pass: Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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"C" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis latidens
Matthew and Granger 1915
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Mesa |
Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 92.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Middle Wasatchian |
Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
Age range of interval: | 55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
Also known as: | FMNH 452-41 | ||
Database number: | 15401 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2078. | A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |