South of Croc Tooth Quarry: Tiffanian, Wyoming
collected by J. Dyer, R. Witter 1948
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Amelotabes simpsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Rose 1978
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| (7 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.7° North, 108.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.4° North, 87.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | ||||
| Local section: | South Foster Gulch | Local bed: | 95 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Regional section: | Southeast | Regional bed: | 255 | ||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation'
"late Tiffanian, Croc Tooth Quarry level" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. Dyer, R. Witter | Collection dates: | 1948 |
| Collection method comments: Princeton University collection | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 85944 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-01-20 18:58:18 | Last modified: | 2021-03-16 09:30:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-20 18:58:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2950. | K. D. Rose. 1978. A new Paleocene epoicotheriid (Mammalia), with comments on the Palaeanodonta. Journal of Paleontology 52(3):658-674 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |