Guthrie Locality 4: Wasatchian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peratherium comstocki Cope 1884
Peratherium innominatum Simpson 1928
    = Copedelphys innominata Simpson 1928
Alroy 2002
recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus paulus Leidy 1870
    = Hyopsodus wortmani Osborn 1902
Redline 1997
Hyopsodus cf. minusculus Leidy 1873
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
Phenacodus vortmani (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Hyracotherium craspedotum Cope 1880
    = Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Alroy 2002
- could be Systemodon tapirinus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Orohippus sp. Marsh 1872
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Heptodon ventorum (Cope 1880)
    = Heptodon calciculus Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Heptodon posticus (Cope 1882)
Helaletes cf. nanus (Marsh 1871)
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966
Diacodexis olseni Sinclair 1914
    = Diacodexis secans Cope 1881
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Diacodexis secans (Cope 1881)
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
"lineage segment Diacodexis secans-secans"
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus cf. gracilis Marsh 1872
Didymictis altidens Cope 1880
Mammalia
Miacis cf. exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaenidae indet. Cope 1877
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Didelphodus cf. altidens (Marsh 1872)
original and current combination Centetodon altidens
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Palaeosinopa didelphoides (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys depressus (Loomis 1907)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Acritoparamys francesi (Wood 1962)
Mattimys kalicola (Matthew 1918)
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907
Paramys copei Loomis 1907
Lophiparamys woodi Guthrie 1971
Korth 1984
this is the type locality, not clear why L.woodi is omitted by Stucky
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Absarokius noctivagus Matthew 1915
    = Absarokius abbotti Loomis 1906
Alroy 2002
Absarokius witteri Morris 1954
    = Artimonius witteri Morris 1954
Alroy 2002
Shoshonius cooperi Granger 1910
Loveina ? zephyri Simpson 1940
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Notharctus cf. robinsoni Gingerich 1979
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex cf. parvulus Matthew 1909
Microsyops cf. scottianus Cope 1881
unclassified
Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Natrona
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 90.2° 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 Member:Lost Cabin
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic position is somewhat unclear (see p. 284); may be either Lostcabinian or Gardnerbuttean
Metadata
Also known as:CM 90
Database number:15942
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-09-13 00:27:33
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3329. R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]
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]
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]