Roan Cliffs at Rulison (FMNH 177-41): Wasatchian, Colorado

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys copei Loomis 1907
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907
Reithroparamys pattersoni Wood 1962
    = Acritoparamys pattersoni Wood 1962
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius frugivorus (Cope 1875)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Heptodon calciculus (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841
"F"
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Wasatchia pattersoni Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
    = Bunophorus pattersoni Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
"Diacodexis cf. chacensis"
Mammalia - Creodonta
Prolimnocyon sp. Matthew and Granger 1915
    = Prolimnocyon cf. atavus Matthew and Granger 1915
Gunnell 1998
said to be closest to P. atavus
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus powellianus Cope 1884
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Colorado County:Garfield
Coordinates: 39.7° North, 107.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 91.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Wasatchian
Key time interval:Wasatchian
Age range of interval:55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:DeBeque
Local section:Rulis Local bed:240 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Wasatchian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:FMNH
Metadata
Database number:15338
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2078. A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1735 G. F. Gunnell. 1998. Creotonda. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2184 L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1986. Early Eocene artiodactyls from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:183-196 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]