Cooper Lake (UW V-84021) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Johnson County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 89.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wind River Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. R. Davidson. 1987. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the Wind River Formation, Laramie Basin, southeastern Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 25(2):103-132 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 15472: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus speirianus
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
1+
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Macrocranion cf. nitens
Macrocranion cf. nitens Matthew 1918 elephant shrew
2
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
 Ferae -
Miacis exiguus
Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
1
 Tribosphenida -
cf. Talpavoides dartoni
cf. Talpavoides dartoni Bown and Schankler 1982 placental
1
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys copei
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent
1
 Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius sp.
Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915 tarsier
1+
 Tribosphenida - Peradectidae
Peradectes protinnominatus
Peradectes protinnominatus McKenna 1960 marsupial
1
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Parectypodus cf. lunatus, Ectypodus cf. tardus
Parectypodus cf. lunatus Krause 1982 multituberculate
8
Ectypodus cf. tardus Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
10