Willwood ?gruiform: Early/Lower Eocene, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Lithornithidae
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Paracathartes howardae
Harrison 1979
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Emslie 1988 | ||||||
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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] |