Koper (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCM 78061

Where: Garfield County, Colorado (39.7° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 91.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: DeBeque Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• said to be early Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15273: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp., Hyopsodus sp.
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
large
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius mckennai
Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Mytonomys cf. coloradensis, Paramys sp.
Paramys sp. Leidy 1871 rodent
closest to P. copei
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp.
Didymictis sp. Cope 1875 placental
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
"A"
 Perissodactyla -
Homogalax protapirinus
Homogalax protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp.
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont