Also known as Honeycomb Buttes
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (42.4° N, 108.9° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 94.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wasatch Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• spans upper chron C24n and lower chron C23r: Clyde et al. 2001
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; brown shale and gypsiferous carbonate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell and W. S. Bartels. 2001. Basin margins, biodiversity, evolutionary innovation, and the origin of new taxa. Eocene biodiversity: unusual occurrences and rarely sampled habitats (G. F. Gunnell, ed.) 403-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15837: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Pristichampsus vorax" = Boverisuchus vorax
"Pristichampsus vorax" = Boverisuchus vorax Troxell 1925 crocodilian | |
"Crocodylus" affinis Marsh 1871 crocodile | |
Procaimanoidea sp. Gilmore 1946 crocodilian
"Diplocynodon" sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian | |
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Glyptosaurus sylvestris Marsh 1871 squamates | |
Amphisbaenidae indet. worm lizard | |
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Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
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"Echmatemys septaria" = Echmatemys stevensoniana
"Echmatemys septaria" = Echmatemys stevensoniana Leidy 1870 turtle | |
"Amyda aequa" = Trionyx aequa Hay 1908 softshell turtle | |
Anosteira ornata Leidy 1871 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial | |
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1
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Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
Isectolophidae indet. Peterson 1919 odd-toed ungulate | |
Hyrachyus sp. Leidy 1871 odd-toed ungulate | |
Helaletes sp. Marsh 1872 odd-toed ungulate | |
Palaeosyops fontinalis, "Eotitanops minimus" = Eotitanops gregoryi
Palaeosyops fontinalis Cope 1873 brontothere
"Eotitanops minimus" = Eotitanops gregoryi Osborn 1913 brontothere | |
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate | |
Orohippus sp. Marsh 1872 horse | |
Bunophorus sp. Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate | |
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Patriofelis sp. Leidy 1870 creodont | |
Prolimnocyon sp. Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Thinocyon sp. Marsh 1872 creodont | |
Tritemnodon sp. Matthew 1906 creodont
Sinopa sp. Leidy 1871 creodont | |
Didymictis altidens Cope 1880 placental
Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental
Viverravus minutus Wortman 1901 placental
Viverravus sicarius Matthew 1909 placental | |
Oodectes sp. Wortman 1901 placental
Miacis sp. Cope 1872 placental
Vulpavus cf. australis Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Vulpavus cf. canavus Cope 1881 placental
Uintacyon sp. Leidy 1873 placental | |
Epoicotheriidae indet. Simpson 1927 placental | |
Metacheiromyidae indet. Wortman 1903 placental
Brachianodon westorum Gunnell and Gingerich 1993 placental | |
? Mesonyx sp. Cope 1872 condylarth | |
Pantolestidae indet. Cope 1884 placental | |
Cylindrodontidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent | |
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959 rodent | |
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Sciuravidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent | |
Microsyops cf. scottianus Cope 1881 primate
Microsyops knightensis Gazin 1952 primate | |
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Cantius nunienus Cope 1881 primate
Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich 1979 primate
Notharctus venticolus Osborn 1902 primate | |
Omomys carteri, Omomys lloydi, Washakius insignis, Washakius izetti, Utahia carina n. sp.4, Uintanius rutherfurdi, Artimonius nocerai4, Artimonius witteri4
Washakius izetti Honey 1990 tarsier at UM SP-6, 23, 26, 28, 37, 79, 110, 127: Muldoon and Gunnell 2002
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Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian | |
Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872 eutherian | |
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont
Trogosus sp. Leidy 1871 tillodont | |
Stylinodontidae indet. taeniodont | |
Bathyopsis sp. Cope 1881 uintathere | |
Baptemys wyomingensis | |
Baptemys wyomingensis Leidy 1870 | |
Scenopagus | |
Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959 | |
Echmatemys wyomingensis | |
Echmatemys wyomingensis Leidy 1870 |