Potala Bonanza: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Melanosaurus sp.
Gilmore 1928
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ElShafie 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon tauricinerei
(Jepsen 1930)
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Didelphodus absarokae
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx cf. bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus cf. latidens
Denison 1937
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= Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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= Oxyaenidae indet.
Cope 1877
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Vassacyon promicrodon
(Wortman and Matthew 1899)
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Vulpavus canavus
(Cope 1881)
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Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Uintacyon rudis
Rose 1981
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax cf. protapirinus
(Wortman 1896)
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Bunophorus sp.
Sinclair 1914
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Diacodexis robustus
Sinclair 1914
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= Bunophorus robustus
Sinclair 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Diacodexis cf. metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon cf. antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Chriacus sp.
Cope 1883
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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cf. Copelemur sp.
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops minuta
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= Microsyopidae indet.
Osborn and Wortman 1892
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Microsyops cardiorestes
Gunnell 1989
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Gunnell 1989 | |||||||||
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Microsyops cf. angustidens
(Matthew 1915)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Phenacolemurinae indet.
Simpson 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Washakie |
| Coordinates: | 44.0° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 90.9° 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 | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:placed in Bown section by Bown et al. USGS D-1460Q (see) is NOT at the same level | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS Loc. D-1454, 1460; UCMP V96239 | ||
| Database number: | 15573 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2024-01-07 18:10:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6214. | T. M. Bown, K. D. Rose, E. L. Simons and S. L. Wing. 1994. Distribution and stratigraphic correlation of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene fossil mammal and plant localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman formations, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1540:1-103 [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] | |
| 87093 | S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 1730 | G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |