Carnivore Den (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCM 78020

Where: Garfield County, Colorado (39.7° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 91.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• said to be early Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15357: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphidae indet.
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp.
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp., Hyopsodus sp.
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
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Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus sp., Haplomylus speirianus
Apheliscus sp. Cope 1875 elephant shrew
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp.
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
"A"
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp.
Didymictis sp. Cope 1875 placental
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
cf. Acritoparamys atwateri, Paramys excavatus, Paramys copei
cf. Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907 rodent
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Tetonius sp.
Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915 tarsier
 Primates - Notharctidae
Copelemur praetutus
Copelemur praetutus Gazin 1962 primate
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops angustidens
Microsyops angustidens Matthew 1915 primate