No Water (150') (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UW V-73022 (Slick Creek Quarry)

Where: Washakie County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 90.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

PaleoDB collection 15493: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• 46 m level
Sandcouleean
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Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
"Neoliotomus ultimus" = Eucosmodon ultimus
"Neoliotomus ultimus" = Eucosmodon ultimus Granger and Simpson 1928 multituberculate
from UW-73022: see Krause 1982
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Parectypodus lunatus7, Ectypodus tardus7
Parectypodus lunatus7 Krause 1982 multituberculate
"P. sp. A" of Van Valen and Sloan 1966; "P. childei" of Sloan 1981
Ectypodus tardus7 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
UW V-73022
 Tribosphenida - Peradectidae
Peradectes protinnominatus1
Peradectes protinnominatus1 McKenna 1960 marsupial
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1 Simpson 1928 marsupial
 Leptictida - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon tauricinerei, Didelphodus absarokae
Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian
Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881 eutherian
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp.
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Paramyidae indet., Franimys sp.
Paramyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
Franimys sp. Wood 1962 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys excavatus, Acritoparamys francesi1, Microparamys sp.
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent
Acritoparamys francesi1 Wood 1962 rodent
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomyidae indet.1, "Teilhardina americana n. sp." = Bownomomys americanus, Tetonius sp.1
Omomyidae indet.1 Gazin 1958 tarsier
"Teilhardina americana n. sp." = Bownomomys americanus Bown 1976 tarsier
see Bown and Rose 1987: UW V-73022
Tetonius sp.1 Matthew 1915 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Arctodontomys wilsoni1, Niptomomys doreenae
Arctodontomys wilsoni1 Szalay 1969 primate
Niptomomys doreenae McKenna 1960 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemurinae indet.1, Phenacolemur simonsi, Ignacius graybullianus
Phenacolemurinae indet.1 Simpson 1955 primate
Phenacolemur simonsi Bown and Rose 1976 primate
Ignacius graybullianus Bown and Rose 1976 primate
 Primates - Micromomyidae
Tinimomys graybulliensis
Tinimomys graybulliensis Szalay 1974 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius sp.
Cantius sp. Simons 1962 primate
"Pelycodus ralstoni/trigonodus"
 Ferae -
Uintacyon rudis3
Uintacyon rudis3 Rose 1981 placental
 Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacidae indet., Miacidae indet.1
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880 carnivoran
Miacidae indet.1 Cope 1880 carnivoran
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp.1, Viverravus acutus
Didymictis sp.1 Cope 1875 placental
Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaenidae indet.1
Oxyaenidae indet.1 Cope 1877 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prototomus sp.6, Arfia zele6
Prototomus sp.6 Cope 1874 creodont
includes "Tritemnodon sp." and probably represents P. phobos
Arfia zele6 Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Creodonta -
Prolimnocyon haematus6
Prolimnocyon haematus6 Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon antiquus
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri4
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri4 Gingerich 1989 horse
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus, Phenacodus sp.1
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis sp.1
Diacodexis sp.1 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Placentalia -
"? Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla
"? Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental
 Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae
? Palaeosinopa cf. lutreola
? Palaeosinopa cf. lutreola Matthew 1918 placental
 Tribosphenida -
Talpavoides dartoni n. sp.2
Talpavoides dartoni n. sp.2 Bown and Schankler 1982 placental
 Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Pontifactor sp.2, ? Plagioctenoides microlestes, Plagioctenodon krausae
Pontifactor sp.2 West 1974 placental
? Plagioctenoides microlestes Bown 1979 placental
Plagioctenodon krausae Bown 1979 placental
this may be one of four other taxa see Bown and Schankler 1982
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus chydaeus5, Haplomylus speirianus
Apheliscus chydaeus5 Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
"Dormaaliidae indet." = Amphilemuridae2
"Dormaaliidae indet." = Amphilemuridae2 Hill 1953 elephant shrew
form "A"
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx spatularius
Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Apatemyidae indet.1
Apatemyidae indet.1 Matthew 1909 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp.
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
Scenopagus
  -
cf. Scenopagus sp.
cf. Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959
1Alroy 2002; 2Bown and Schankler 1982; 3Gingerich 1983; 4Gingerich 1991; 5Gingerich 1994; 6Gingerich and Deutsch 1989; 7Krause 1982