Tremain ( of the United States)

Where: Laramie County, Wyoming (41.3° N, 105.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 99.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. H. Wahlert. 1983. Relationships of the Florentiamyidae (Rodentia, Geomyoidea) based on cranial and dental morphology. American Museum Novitates 2769:1-23 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17703: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• appears to go across the Goshen/Laramie county line
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Paraenhydrocyon josephi5 Cope 1881 canid
4 mi E of Tremain and 1/2 mi E of Tremain railroad station, Lower Arikaree Group
"Mesocyon" temnodon5 Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid
1 mi E of Tremain and 3.5 mi E of Tremain, Lower Arikaree Group
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium annectens1 Marsh 1873 rhinoceros
"Early Arikareean, Gering Formation, 3.5 miles east of Tremain, Goshen County, Wyoming"
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Hadroleptauchenia densa" = Leptauchenia major3, "Pseudocyclopidius lullianus" = Leptauchenia lullianus3, "Pithecistes altageringensis" = Leptauchenia decora3, "Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora3, Sespia nitida3, "Megasespia middleswarti" = Sespia ultima3, Oreodontoides oregonensis4, Desmatochoerus hatcheri2, Desmatochoerus (Paradesmatochoerus) anthonyi n. sp.3
"Hadroleptauchenia densa" = Leptauchenia major3 Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Tremain area" in "upper Gering"
"Pseudocyclopidius lullianus" = Leptauchenia lullianus3 Thorpe 1921 oreodont
"Tremain" in "upper Gering"
"Pithecistes altageringensis" = Leptauchenia decora3 Leidy 1856 oreodont
"E. of Tremain" in "upper Gering"
"Leptauchenia parasimus" = Leptauchenia decora3 Leidy 1856 oreodont
"upper Gering" of "Tremain Area"
Sespia nitida3 Leidy 1869 oreodont
"Tremain"
"Megasespia middleswarti" = Sespia ultima3 Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 oreodont
"Tremain area"
Oreodontoides oregonensis4 Thorpe 1921 oreodont
Desmatochoerus hatcheri2 Douglass 1907 oreodont
"2-3 mi. E. of Tremain" in the Horse Creek Basin, Goshen Co.
Desmatochoerus (Paradesmatochoerus) anthonyi n. sp.3 Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 oreodont
upper "Gering Formation, 3 1/2 mi. E. of Tremain"
 Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Florentiamys kinseyi n. sp., "Florentiamys kennethi" = Florentiamys tiptoni
Florentiamys kinseyi n. sp. Wahlert 1983 rodent
"Three miles ENE of Tremain Station, Goshen Co., Wyo.; Gering Formation"
"Florentiamys kennethi" = Florentiamys tiptoni Macdonald 1970 rodent
"Three miles ENE of Tremain Station, Goshen Co... Gering Formation"