Dry Cottonwood Bonanza: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Hyopsodus cf. minor
Loomis 1905
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Absarokius metoecus
Bown and Rose 1987
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| confirmed by B & R 1987 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops latidens
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa veterrima
Matthew 1901
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Didymictis cf. protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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Mammalia
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Vulpavus sp.
Marsh 1871
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Miacis cf. exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Uintacyon sp.
Leidy 1873
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= Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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Prototomus mordax
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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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| recombined as Bunophorus robustus | ||||||||||
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Anacodon ursidens
Cope 1882
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Chriacus sp.
Cope 1883
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus vortmani
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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| probably OK | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Xenicohippus grangeri
Bown and Kihm 1981
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Helaletidae
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Helaletidae indet.
Osborn 1892
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| new helaletid of Bown | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx cf. bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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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
- Leptictidae
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Didelphodus absarokae
(Cope 1881)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.5° North, 108.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 90.8° 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
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
| Taxonomic list comments:placed in Bown section by Bown et al. "Absarokius abbotti" was reported by Bown and Rose 1987 but is omitted; discussed in text?? | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS Loc. D-1326 | ||
| Database number: | 15575 | ||
| 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:
| 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] |