Above Head of Bear Gulch (Lower) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as FMNH 500-41

Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 92.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• said to be middle Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the FMNH

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 15391: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus powellianus Cope 1884 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Xenicohippus osborni1 Bown and Kihm 1981 horse
"C"
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. metsiacus2 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate