East Pilgrim 11: Arikareean, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus arenarum Cope 1884
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:Miocene
*Local age/stage:Late/Upper Arikareean
Key time interval:Arikareean
Age range of interval:29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Colter Member:Unit 5
Local section:Coltr Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Arikareean
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:only one specimen
Metadata
Also known as:UWBM loc. CO239
Database number:18883
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:43
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]