Carnivore Den: 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 atwateri (Loomis 1907)
    = cf. Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops angustidens (Matthew 1915)
Haplomylus speirianus (Cope 1880)
recombined as Microsyops speirianus
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Copelemur praetutus (Gazin 1962)
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius homunculus (Cope 1882)
    = Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841
"A"
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Didymictis cf. protenus (Cope 1874)
    = Didymictis sp. Cope 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus latidens Denison 1937
    = Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
Alroy 2002
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
large
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus sp. Cope 1875
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
    = Didelphidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
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:Early/Lower 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:Silt Local bed:1150 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Wasatchian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:32 specimens
Metadata
Also known as:UCM 78020
Database number:15357
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]