SC-121: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus loomisi
McKenna 1960
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Arfia junnei
Gingerich 1989
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon nievelti
Gingerich 1989
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Chriacus badgleyi
Gingerich 1989
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Thryptacodon barae
Gingerich 1989
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion parvus
Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium sandrae
Gingerich 1989
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| recombined as Sifrhippus sandrae | |||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Melanosaurus maximus
Gilmore 1928
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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Pleuroceridae indet.
Thiele 1929
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 91.9° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 13 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UMMP |
| Taxonomic list comments:Wa-0 Chron 24R: Butler et al. 1981 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15771 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:31:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1657. | P. D. Gingerich. 1989. New earliest Wasatchian mammalian fauna from the Eocene of northwestern Wyoming: composition and diversity in a rarely sampled high-floodplain assemblage. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 28:1-97 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |