Craig C. Black

Late Eocene Multituberculates and Other Mammals from Wyoming

Isolated teeth of multituberculates have been found in association with late Eocene fossil mammals. Previous studies reported that multituberculates were not found in deposits younger than early Eocene age (Graybull provincial substage or equivalents). This newly found occurrence indicates that these animals are more likely to be late Eocene in age than reworked early Eocene materials

Middle and Late Eocene Mammal Communities: A Major Discrepancy

The multituberculate Parectypodus lovei has been found in late Eocene rocks in Montana, together with 11 other mammal species similar to those found in the late Eocene Tepee Trail Formation in Wyoming.The multituberculate and six other species are unknown in rocks of equivalent age or of middle Eocene age elsewhere.It is suggested that the known middle Eocene faunas are all taken from a similar ecological situation and do not reflect the true diversity of middle Eocene life. Middle Eocene faunas of different ecological aspect may be recovered from sediments along, and in, the mountain fronts of northwestern Wyoming.