Despair Quarry (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5352

Where: Moffat County, Colorado (40.6° N, 108.1° W: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 91.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wasatch Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 15480: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx spatularius6 Cope 1880 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Labidolemur kayi6 Simpson 1929 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus sp.12 Cope 1875 elephant shrew
: "A. nitidus" of McKenna
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
cf. Macrocranion nitens1 Matthew 1918 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth
Hyopsodus simplex11 Loomis 1905 condylarth
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys sp. Leidy 1871 rodent
"A"
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Niptomomys doreenae McKenna 1960 primate
Microsyops angustidens5 Matthew 1915 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
cf. Simpsonlemur jepseni1 Simpson 1955 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius mckennai4 Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius sp.1 Matthew 1915 tarsier
Pseudotetonius ambiguus2 Matthew 1915 tarsier
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Pachyaena ? ossifraga Cope 1874 condylarth
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani14 Cope 1880 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.1 Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Arenahippus grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri3
"Arenahippus grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri3 Gingerich 1989 horse
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis primus8 Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus sp.1 Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis transiens7 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prototomus martis9 Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus deimos9 Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Creodonta -
Prolimnocyon haematus9 Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Didymictis leptomylus10 Cope 1880 placental
 Ferae -
Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
probably OK, see Gingerich 1983a
 Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental
definitely not Marsholestes
 Leptictida - Leptictidae
cf. Prodiacodon tauricinerei1 Jepsen 1930 eutherian
 Tribosphenida - Peradectidae
Peradectes protinnominatus McKenna 1960 marsupial
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus cf. childei13 Kühne 1969 multituberculate