BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Ohio Creek Site 1, Moffat County, Colorado, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.2833,-108.3 |
---|---|
Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Colorado, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Moffat County, Colorado, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ohio Creek Site 1 | Burger B. J. (2007) | Ohio Creek | "early Tiffanian (Ti3 lineage zone)" | sandstone | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
---|---|---|
Gelastops parcus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Cimolestidae : Gelastops : Gelastops parcus | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Promioclaenus acolytus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra : Hyopsodontidae : Promioclaenus : Promioclaenus acolytus | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Haplaletes pelicatus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : Haplaletes : Haplaletes pelicatus | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Tricentes subtrigonus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Arctocyonidae : Chriacus : Tricentes subtrigonus | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Nannodectes simpsoni species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Plesiadapidae : Nannodectes : Nannodectes simpsoni | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Borealosuchus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Borealosuchus | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
Compsemys victa species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Compsemydidae : Compsemys : Compsemys victa | 61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene |
References
Burger B. J. (2007) A New Late Paleocene Vertebrate Fauna from the Ohio Creek Formation of Western Colorado, Mountain Geologist 44 3, 141-150 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!