Tipton Butte (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 92.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Red Desert Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 15846: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• SW 1/4 sec 23 T 20 N R 96 W
clearly in the Main Body based on map of Roehler 1969
about 25 - 30 ENE of Bitter Creek
clearly in the Main Body based on map of Roehler 1969
about 25 - 30 ENE of Bitter Creek
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Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth | |
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Vulpavus sp. Marsh 1871 placental "possibly V. asius" - based on Guthrie 1971, this could be V. australis or V. canavus
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Paramys cf. excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent | |
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