Boysen Reservoir (48FR78) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 91.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wind River Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. E. White. 1952. Preliminary analysis of the vertebrate fossil fauna of the Boysen Reservoir area. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102(3296):185-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 15908: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881 tillodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus wortmani Osborn 1902 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium venticolum" = Protorohippus venticolum
"Hyracotherium venticolum" = Protorohippus venticolum Cope 1881 horse
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis secans Cope 1881 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Boavus cf. occidentalis Marsh 1871 snake
about 30 associated thoracic vertebrae
Saniwa sp. Leidy 1870 squamates
two dorsal vertebrae of a young individual