UW V-92033, Head to Feet: Puercan, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
1 specimen
UW 27223
Reptilia
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921
1 specimen
UW 27393
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
1 specimen
UW 27344
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Carbon
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 106.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° North, 84.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Puercan
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ferris
Local section:Ferris Local bed:1045 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Puercan
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:75427
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-10-09 07:54:40 Last modified:2007-10-09 13:15:44
Access level:the public Released:2007-10-09 07:54:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2236. J. A. Lillegraven and J. J. Eberle. 1999. Vertebrate faunal changes through Lancian and Puercan time in southern Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):691-710 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]