FG-20 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Leah Gannon

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Zone Wa-1
Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906 turtle
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri Gingerich 1989 horse
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Arfia zele Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus deimos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Theriamorpha -
Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981 placental
 Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Palaeosinopa incerta Bown and Schankler 1982 placental
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys taurus Korth 1984 rodent
Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius ralstoni Matthew 1915 primate
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon eocaenus Owen 1846 pantodont
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880 tillodont