Cooper Lake (UW V-85007): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius cf. mckennai
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus sp.
Marsh 1871
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| this may be either D. leptomylus, D. protenus, or both: Polly 1997 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium angustidens
(Cope 1875)
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= Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis secans
(Cope 1881)
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= Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| either D. primus or D. metsiacus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus cf. miticulus
(Cope 1874)
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= Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Johnson |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 106.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 89.4° 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 | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wind River |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | UW |
Metadata
| Database number: | 15478 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1333. | J. R. Davidson. 1987. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the Wind River Formation, Laramie Basin, southeastern Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 25(2):103-132 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |