PBDB Collection

Dad (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5721

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 90.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1965. Early Eocene mammalian faunas and their environment in the vicinity of the Rock Springs Uplift, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 19:171-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 15479: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• placed in the Niland Tongue by Krishtalka et al. 1987

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Mammalia
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	Hyopsodus sp.¹, Hyopsodus powellianus¹ Hyopsodus sp.¹ Leidy 1870 condylarth Hyopsodus powellianus¹ Cope 1884 condylarth
Placentalia -	Perissodactyla indet.¹ Perissodactyla indet.¹ Owen 1848 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla -	Heptodon calciculus¹, Homogalax sp. Heptodon calciculus¹ Cope 1880 odd-toed ungulate Homogalax sp. Hay 1899 odd-toed ungulate described by Radinsky 1963
Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae	Lambdotherium popoagicum Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880 brontothere
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Hyracotherium vasacciense Hyracotherium vasacciense Cope 1872 odd-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae	Bunophorus cf. macropternus, Bunophorus cf. robustus¹, Diacodexis sp. Bunophorus cf. macropternus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate Bunophorus cf. robustus¹ Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate "near D. secans"
Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae	Hexacodus pelodes Hexacodus pelodes Gazin 1952 even-toed ungulate
Creodonta - Oxyaenidae	Oxyaena lupina³, Ambloctonus major Oxyaena lupina³ Cope 1874 creodont Ambloctonus major Denison 1938 creodont
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Didymictis sp.¹, Viverravus acutus Didymictis sp.¹ Cope 1875 placental Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Theriamorpha -	Vulpavus australis¹ Vulpavus australis¹ Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Paramys copei Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent includes "P. major"
Primates - Notharctidae	Cantius frugivorus⁴ Cantius frugivorus⁴ Cope 1875 primate
Primates - Omomyidae	Loveina zephyri² Loveina zephyri² Simpson 1940 tarsier
Theriamorpha - Leptictidae	Leptictidae indet. Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian
Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae	Coryphodon armatus⁵ Coryphodon armatus⁵ Cope 1872 pantodont
Cimolesta - Esthonychidae	Esthonyx sp. Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont

¹Alroy 2002; ²Bown 1979; ³Gunnell 1998; ⁴Honey 1988; ⁵Lucas 1998