Blue Point Marker (UW V-78001): Bridgerian, 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. paulus
Leidy 1870
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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
- Perissodactyla
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Tapiroidea indet.
Gill 1872
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Palaeosyops sp.
Leidy 1870
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= Brontotheriidae indet.
Marsh 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Orohippus sp.
Marsh 1872
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| "intermediate between O. pumilus and O. major" | ||||||||||
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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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Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 | |||||||||
| may not be diagnostic of this species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Helohyidae
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Helohyus validus
(Marsh 1872)
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= Helohyus plicodon
Marsh 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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cf. Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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= Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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Tomiya et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus cf. sicarius
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Uintacyon major
Matthew 1909
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= Miocyon cf. major
Matthew 1909
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Mesonychidae indet.
Cope 1875
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Scenopagus curtidens
(Matthew 1909)
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| original and current combination Nyctitherium curtidens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys wyomingensis
(Wood 1959)
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= Acritoparamys wyomingensis
Wood 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Paramys wyomingensis | ||||||||||
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Paramys excavatus
Loomis 1907
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Paramys cf. copei
Loomis 1907
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Paramys cf. delicatior
Leidy 1871
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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| compared to L. parvus | ||||||||||
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Leptotomus parvus
Wood 1959
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Pseudotomus sundelli n. sp.
Eaton 1982
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= Quadratomus sundelli
Eaton 1982
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Pseudotomus robustus
(Marsh 1872)
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Microparamys cf. minutus
(Wilson 1937)
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Thisbemys corrugatus
Wood 1959
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Leptotomus cf. huerfanensis
Wood 1962
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= Thisbemys cf. perditus
Wood 1962
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| probably also includes "Thisbemys cf. nini" in light of Korth 1984 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus sp.
Marsh 1871
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Reithroparamyidae
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Reithroparamys sp.
Matthew 1920
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops annectens
(Marsh 1872)
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| includes "M. sp." large that was compared to annectens according to Gunnell 1989 (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Microsyops cf. elegans
(Marsh 1871)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri
Leidy 1869
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Washakius insignis
Leidy 1873
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cf. Absarokius sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Anaptomorphini indet.
Cope 1883
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Anaptomorphus sp.
Cope 1872
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Palaeictops cf. bridgeri
(Simpson 1959)
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Trogosus cf. hyracoides
(Marsh 1873)
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= Trogosus cf. castoridens
Leidy 1871
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° North, 94.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Bridgerian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 50.50000 - 46.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | Cartr | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 301 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | UW |
| Taxonomic list comments:overlies the "turtle-lake beds" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16137 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1404. | J. G. Eaton. 1982. Paleontology and correlation of Eocene volcanic rocks in the Carter Mountain area, Park County, southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(2):153-194 [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] | |
| 2183 | L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1985. Revision of the Eocene Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 7. Revision of Diacodexis (Mammalian, Artiodactyla). Annals of Carnegie Museum 54(14):413-486 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 78605 | S. Tomiya, S. P. Zack, M. Spaulding and J. J. Flynn. 2021. Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 95(82):1-115 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |