Kladder E (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Rifle (South of Dump)

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

• coordinate based on political unit

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

• said to be middle 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 15385: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus lysitensis2 Gingerich 1974 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
"C" and "E"
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus cf. vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Dichobunidae
? Dichobunidae indet. Gill 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Simpsonodus sp.1 Krishtalka and Stucky 1986 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius cf. abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate