Lysite (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as CM 114; "Type Area of the Lysite Member"
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 91.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wind River Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: D. A. Guthrie. 1967. The mammalian fauna of the Lysite Member, Wind River Formation (early Eocene) of Wyoming. Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 5:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 15964: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• from a 10 sq. mi. area about 4 mi. N and NE of Lysite; Cottonwood Creek, Davis Draw, and Bridger Creek drainages (all are tributaries of Badwater Creek)
includes Basal, Middle, and Upper Cliff localities (= locs. 1-5, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7 - 9); CM 114 equals Guthrie's locality 6
interval is >= 40 m (Guthrie), <=80 to 100 m (Korth 1982)
this does NOT include the "Guthrie" series of localities from the Lost Cabin Mbr.
Korth 1982 suggests that Lambdotherium is not from this interval, but Guthrie did not include it in his list in any case
specimen of Bunophorus sinclairi is actually from CM loc. 34: Stucky and Krishtalka 1990
includes Basal, Middle, and Upper Cliff localities (= locs. 1-5, 6a, 6b, 6c, 7 - 9); CM 114 equals Guthrie's locality 6
interval is >= 40 m (Guthrie), <=80 to 100 m (Korth 1982)
this does NOT include the "Guthrie" series of localities from the Lost Cabin Mbr.
Korth 1982 suggests that Lambdotherium is not from this interval, but Guthrie did not include it in his list in any case
specimen of Bunophorus sinclairi is actually from CM loc. 34: Stucky and Krishtalka 1990
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
"Entomolestes nitens" = Macrocranion nitens
"Entomolestes nitens" = Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918 elephant shrew | |
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Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
"Phenacodus brachypternus" = Copecion brachypternus Cope 1882 condylarth | |
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Heptodon calciculus Cope 1880 odd-toed ungulate | |
Hyracotherium vasacciense Cope 1872 odd-toed ungulate | |
"Hyracotherium index" = Minippus index
"Hyracotherium index" = Minippus index Cope 1873 horse | |
Bunophorus macropternus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus etsagicus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
Anacodon ursidens Cope 1882 condylarth | |
Oxyaena forcipata Cope 1874 creodont | |
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"Prototomus vulpecula" = Gazinocyon vulpeculus, Tritemnodon strenua
"Prototomus vulpecula" = Gazinocyon vulpeculus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Tritemnodon strenua creodont | |
Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental
Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952 placental | |
"Miacis jepseni" = Oodectes jepseni, Miacis petilus2, Miacis latidens, Vulpavus sp., Vulpavus cf. canavus, Uintacyon sp., Uintacyon massetericus
Miacis latidens Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Vulpavus sp. Marsh 1871 placental
Vulpavus cf. canavus Cope 1881 placental
Uintacyon sp. Leidy 1873 placental
Uintacyon massetericus Cope 1882 placental | |
"Palaeanodon woodi" = Tubulodon woodi
"Palaeanodon woodi" = Tubulodon woodi Guthrie 1967 placental | |
Hapalodectes leptognathus Osborn and Wortman 1892 condylarth | |
Talpavus sullivani n. sp.3
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Paramys excavatus, Paramys copei, "Pseudotomus coloradensis" = Mytonomys coloradensis, "Reithroparamys atwateri" = Acritoparamys atwateri, Lophiparamys debequensis, Thisbemys sp.4
Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent
"Pseudotomus coloradensis" = Mytonomys coloradensis Wood 1962 rodent ref6294: includes "Leptotomus loomisi"
"Reithroparamys atwateri" = Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907 rodent
Lophiparamys debequensis Wood 1962 rodent | |
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Knightomys depressus, "Dawsonomys minor" = Knightomys minor
Knightomys depressus Loomis 1907 rodent includes "Microparamys lysitensis"; apparently includes "Franimys lysitensis" of Black and Sutton 1984
"Dawsonomys minor" = Knightomys minor Wood 1965 rodent | |
"Cynodontomys latidens" = Microsyops latidens
"Cynodontomys latidens" = Microsyops latidens Cope 1882 primate | |
"Phenacolemur citatus" = Simpsonlemur citatus
"Phenacolemur citatus" = Simpsonlemur citatus Matthew 1915 primate | |
"Copelemur feretutus n. sp." = Cantius frugivorus Cope 1875 primate ref 1675: includes "Pelycodus frugivorus"
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"Omomys minutus" = Loveina minuta Loomis 1906 tarsier
Absarokius abbotti Loomis 1906 tarsier | |
Didelphodus sp. Cope 1882 eutherian | |
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Probathyopsis lysitensis Kelley and Wood 1954 uintathere |