West Bijou Creek-1: Puercan, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Prodesmodon copei
Estes 1964
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Urodela indet.
(Duméril 1805)
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Habrosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus coarctatus
Cope 1883
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Ectoconus ditrigonus
(Cope 1882)
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Anisonchus cf. athelas
Van Valen 1978
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Loxolophus hyattianus
(Cope 1885)
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
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Desmatoclaenus cf. protogonioides
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Mioclaenidae indet.
Osborn and Earle 1895
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synonym of Hyopsodontidae | ||||||||||
presumably includes "early species of Promioclaenus" mentioned by Van Valen 1988, which could be Tiznatzinia | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Elbert |
Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.6° North, 82.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Also known as: | UCM loc. 78191 | ||
Database number: | 14792 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | 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:
2585. | M. D. Middleton. 1983. Early Paleocene vertebrates of the Denver Basin, Colorado. 1-404 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] |