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MP-17, Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	44.5256,-108.429
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Wyoming, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Big Horn County, Wyoming, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
MP-17	Gingerich P. D., Deutsch H. A. (1989)	Willwood		"siliciclastic"	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Coryphodon eocaenus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Coryphodontidae : Coryphodon : *Coryphodon eocaenus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Palaeosinopa sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pantolestidae : *Palaeosinopa*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Hyopsodus latidens species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : Hyopsodus : *Hyopsodus latidens*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Oxyaena intermedia species	Oxyaenidae : Oxyaena : *Oxyaena intermedia*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Palaeonictis occidentalis species	Oxyaenidae : Palaeonictis : *Palaeonictis occidentalis*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Plagiomene multicuspis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dermoptera : Plagiomene : *Plagiomene multicuspis*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Prototomus robustus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : Prototomus : *Prolimnocyon robustus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Haplomylus scottianus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : Haplomylus : *Haplomylus scottianus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Viverravus acutus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Viverravidae : Viverravus : *Viverravus acutus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Viverravus laytoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Viverravidae : Viverravus : *Protictis laytoni*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Viverravus rosei species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Viverravidae : Viverravus : *Viverravus rosei*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Homogalax protapirinus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Homogalax : *Homogalax protapirinus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Hyracotherium sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Hyracotherium*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Cantius mckennai species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Notharctidae : Cantius : *Cantius mckennai*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Tetonius sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Omomyidae : *Tetonius*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Paramys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ischyromyidae : *Paramys*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Esthonyx spatularius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tillotheriidae : Esthonyx : *Esthonyx spatularius*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Ectocion osbornianus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacodontidae : Ectocion : *Ectocion osbornianus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Phenacodus trilobatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacodontidae : Phenacodus : *Phenacodus trilobatus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Allognathosuchus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Crocodylidae : *Allognathosuchus*	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene
Testudines order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines	55.8 - 48.6 Ma Eocene

References

Gingerich P. D., Deutsch H. A. (1989) Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 13, 327-391

Gunnell G. F., Gingerich P. D. (1991) Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28 7, 141-180

Clyde W. C. (1997) Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the McCullough Peaks, northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Implications for biochronology, basin development, and community reorganization across the Paleocene-Eocene boundary, PhD Thesis, University of Michigan

Polly P. D. (1997) Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30 1, 1-53

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!

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