SR, Fox Creek: Arikareean, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Promerycochoerus leidyi
(Bettany 1876)
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= Merycochoerus superbus
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Promerycochoerus superbus | ||||||||||
| DUPLICATE REF 2534 or 2535 or 2536 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Archaeolagus cf. ennisianus
(Cope 1881)
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= Archaeolagus emeraldensis
Barnosky 1986
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Allomyidae
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Allomys cf. nitens
Marsh 1877
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= Allomys cristabrevis
Barnosky 1986
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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| "unnamed... cf. Meniscomys and Niglarodon"; also mentioned by Rensberger 1981 | ||||||||||
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Meniscomys sp.
Cope 1878
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Teton |
| Coordinates: | 43.9° North, 110.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 105.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Key time interval: | Arikareean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Colter | Member: | near Unit 1 |
| Local section: | Coltr | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DUPLICATE REF 2534 or 2535 or 2536 | ||
| Database number: | 17696 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-12-16 16:30:11 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71260. | M. C. McKenna. 1972. Vertebrate paleontology of the Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. In R. M. West (ed.), Field Conference on Tertiary Biostratigraphy of Southern and Western Wyoming, August 5-10, 1972 80-101 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1019 | A. D. Barnosky. 1986. Arikareean, Hemingfordian, and Barstovian Mammals From the Miocene Colter Formation, Jackson Hole, Teton County, Wyoming. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 26:1-69 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2534 | M. C. McKenna. 1980. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |