Also known as Guthrie Locality 3; UCM loc. 81029
Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 107.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 90.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Lost Cabin Member (Wind River Formation), Lostcabinian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• said to be Lostcabinian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15915: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Taxonomic list
"A" horizon of Stucky et al. 1990
"Palaeosyops" borealis and Hyrachyus cf. eximius in Table 4 of Stucky 1984 are from "upper horizons" at Buck Spring, possibly UCM locs. 81030, 031, 032, or 033; note that none of these localities includes more than one reported mammal species
Mammalia | |
Palaeictops sp., "Palaeictops multicuspis" = Parictops multicuspis
Palaeictops sp. Matthew 1899 eutherian
"Palaeictops multicuspis" = Parictops multicuspis Granger 1910 eutherian | |
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont | |
Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881 tillodont | |
Hyopsodus walcottianus Matthew 1915 condylarth | |
cf. Prototomus sp. Cope 1874 creodont | |
Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont | |
Miacis cf. exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Miacis cf. latidens Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Miacis cf. parvivorus Cope 1872 placental
Vulpavus canavus Cope 1881 placental | |
Miacidae indet. Cope 1880 carnivoran | |
Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952 placental
Didymictis altidens Cope 1880 placental | |
Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848 odd-toed ungulate | |
Hyracotherium vasacciense Cope 1872 odd-toed ungulate | |
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880 brontothere | |
Heptodon posticus Cope 1882 odd-toed ungulate
Heptodon calciculus Cope 1880 odd-toed ungulate | |
Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966 even-toed ungulate
Diacodexis secans Cope 1881 even-toed ungulate | |
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
"Didelphodus cf. altidens" = Centetodon altidens
"Didelphodus cf. altidens" = Centetodon altidens Marsh 1872 placental | |
cf. Plagioctenodon sp. Bown 1979 placental | |
Palaeosinopa didelphoides Cope 1881 placental
Palaeosinopa veterrima Matthew 1901 placental | |
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent | |
Notharctus cf. venticolus Osborn 1902 primate | |
Shoshonius cooperi, "Absarokius witteri" = Artimonius witteri
Shoshonius cooperi Granger 1910 tarsier
"Absarokius witteri" = Artimonius witteri Morris 1954 tarsier | |
Microsyops sp. Leidy 1872 primate
Microsyops cf. scottianus Cope 1881 primate | |
Armintodelphys blacki Krishtalka and Stucky 1983 marsupial | |
Bathyopsis fissidens Cope 1881 uintathere |