Draw North of Old Rifle Golf Course (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as FMNH 98-C-47; Gulch North of the Rifle Golf Course

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• said to be early Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the FMNH

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 15274: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
"A" and "B"
 Perissodactyla -
Homogalax sp., Homogalax protapirinus
Homogalax sp. Hay 1899 odd-toed ungulate
small
Homogalax protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium chamense
Meniscotherium chamense Cope 1874 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Hexacodus pelodes2
Hexacodus pelodes2 Gazin 1952 even-toed ungulate
one specimen of "Diacodexis metsiacus"; 2nd specimen not discussed
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius abditus, Cantius frugivorus1
Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
Cantius frugivorus1 Cope 1875 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
cf. Tetonius sp.
cf. Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915 tarsier
1Alroy 2002; 2Krishtalka and Stucky 1986