Willwood ?gruiform: Early/Lower Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Paracathartes howardae
Harrison 1979
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Emslie 1988 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 108.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.6° North, 92.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Willwood |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number: | 13321 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | J. Hunter |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-02-20 14:37:36 | Last modified: | 2006-08-14 01:24:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-20 14:37:36 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6045. | C. J. O. Harrison. 1979. A new cathartid vulture from the lower Eocene of Wyoming. In C. J. O Harrison, C. A. Walker (eds.), Studies in Tertiary Avian Palaeontology 7-10 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
4416 | 5% 13020 | S. D. Emslie. 1988. An early condor-like vulture from North America. The Auk 105(3):529-535 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |