PBDB Collection

Kent Quarry: Wasatchian, Colorado

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

	Entomolestes nitens Matthew 1918
	= cf. Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

	Apheliscus sp. Cope 1875	Rose 1981
	: "A. nitidus" of McKenna
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

	Hyopsodus miticulus (Cope 1874)
	= Hyopsodus simplex Loomis 1905	Redline 1997
	replaces ID of Gunnell 1989

	Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

	Cynodontomys alfi McKenna 1960
	= Microsyops angustidens Matthew 1915	Gunnell 1985

	Niptomomys doreenae n. sp. McKenna 1960
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

	Phenacolemur jepseni Simpson 1955
	= cf. Simpsonlemur jepseni Simpson 1955	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

	Pelycodus mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977
	= Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977	Gingerich and Simons 1977
	"P. ralstoni"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Paramyinae indet. Simpson 1945
	= Mattimys sp. Korth 1984	Korth 1984

	Paramys sp. Leidy 1871
	forms "A" and "B"
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

	? Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872
	definitely not Marsholestes
Mammalia - Geolabididae

	Didelphodus ventanus White 1952
	= Didelphodus altidens Marsh 1872	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Centetodon altidens
Mammalia

	Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915
	probably OK, see Gingerich 1983a
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

	Chriacus gallinae Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Esthonychidae

	Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880	Gunnell 1989
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Apatemys cf. kayi (Simpson 1929)
	= Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929	Gunnell 1989
Mammalia - Leptictidae

	Palaeictops tauricinerei (Jepsen 1930)
	= cf. Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930	Alroy 2002
Mammalia

	Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850	Krishtalka and Stucky 1983
	sole specimen of "Peradectes protinnominatus"
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

	Ectypodus cf. childei (Kühne 1969)	Sloan 1981
	Krause 1982
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Colorado	County:	Moffat
Coordinates:	40.6° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	45.4° North, 91.9° 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

Stratigraphy

Formation:

Wasatch

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection size:	140 specimens
Museum repositories:	UCMP

Metadata

Also known as:	UCMP V-5348
Database number:	15660
Authorizer:	J. Alroy	Enterer:	J. Alroy
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1993-02-18 00:00:00	Last modified:	2009-07-15 19:53:42
Access level:	the public	Released:	1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

2528.

M. C. McKenna. 1960. Fossil Mammalia from the early Wasatchian Four Mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 37(1):1-130 [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]
1675		P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1728		G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
2105		W. W. Korth. 1984. Earliest Tertiary evolution and radiation of rodents in North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 24:1-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2179		L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1983. Paleocene and Eocene marsupials of North America. Annals of Carnegie Museum 52(10):229-264 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
6223		A. D. Redline. 1997. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 13. Systematics and phylogenetic pattern of early Eocene Hyopsodus (Mammalia: Condylarthra). Annals of Carnegie Museum 66(1):1-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2953		K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
3195		R. E. Sloan. 1981. Systematics of Paleocene multituberculates from the San Juan Basin, NewMexico. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology 127-160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]