West Bijou Creek-1: Puercan, Colorado

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Habrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Mammalia - Periptychidae
Periptychus coarctatus Cope 1883
Ectoconus ditrigonus (Cope 1882)
Anisonchus cf. athelas Van Valen 1978
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Loxolophus hyattianus (Cope 1885)
Mammalia - Condylarthra
Desmatoclaenus cf. protogonioides (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Mioclaenidae indet. Osborn and Earle 1895
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]