Deardorff Hill (UCM 78033b) (Eocene of the United States)

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 middle Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCM

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 15371: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp.1
Hyopsodus sp.1 Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. latidens
Microsyops cf. latidens Cope 1882 primate
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena sp.
Pachyaena sp. Cope 1874 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp.1
Didymictis sp.1 Cope 1875 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena intermedia2
Oxyaena intermedia2 Denison 1938 creodont
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis sp.1
Diacodexis sp.1 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium tapiacitum, Phenacodus sp.1
Meniscotherium tapiacitum Cope 1882 condylarth
"tapiacitis"
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
"C"
1Alroy 2002; 2Gunnell and Gingerich 1991