Roan Cliffs at Rulison (FMNH 177-41): Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Paramys excavatus
Loomis 1907
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Reithroparamys pattersoni
Wood 1962
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= Acritoparamys pattersoni
Wood 1962
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius frugivorus
(Cope 1875)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Lambdotherium popoagicum
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon calciculus
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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"F" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Wasatchia pattersoni
Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
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= Bunophorus pattersoni
Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
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Krishtalka and Stucky 1986 | |||||||||
"Diacodexis cf. chacensis" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1915
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= Prolimnocyon cf. atavus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gunnell 1998 | |||||||||
said to be closest to P. atavus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus powellianus
Cope 1884
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx sp.
Cope 1874
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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
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] |