West of Rock Springs Level 1 (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: Wasatch Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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 15891: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• "well below the Tipton Tongue"
early Graybullian?
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Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Primates indet.
Primates indet. Linnaeus 1758 primate
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus sp.
Viverravus sp. Marsh 1872 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium tapiacitum
Meniscotherium tapiacitum Cope 1882 condylarth
"tapiacitis"
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus speirianus
Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp.
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
small
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx sp.
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate