Upper Wiggins Formation (UW V-79004) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hot Springs County, Wyoming (43.7° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 97.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wiggins Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton. 1985. Paleontology and Correlation of the Eocene Tepee Trail and Wiggins Formations in the North Fork of Owl Creek Area, Southeastern Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16645: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus uintensis Osborn 1902 condylarth
 Theriamorpha -
cf. Procynodictis sp. Wortman and Matthew 1899 placental
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
Dichobunidae indet. Gill 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
cf. Auxontodon sp. Gazin 1958 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon cf. pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon cf. woodi Gazin 1956 tapir
Dilophodon sp. Scott 1883 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Amynodon sp. Marsh 1877 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus gracilis1 Marsh 1871 horse
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet.2 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys cf. copei Loomis 1907 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Macrotarsius cf. siegerti Robinson 1968 tarsier
cf. Hemiacodon sp. Marsh 1872 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. annectens Marsh 1872 primate