PBDB Collection

Reculusa Blowout (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCM 81002

Where: Johnson County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 89.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Wasatch" Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. Delson. 1971. Fossil mammals of the early Wasatchian Powder River local fauna, Eocene of northeast. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 146(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16055: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.01.1995, edited by Terri Cleary and Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• 305 m level in Robinson and Ivy 1994 section

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Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Glyptosaurinae indet.¹⁴ Glyptosaurinae indet.¹⁴ Marsh 1872 squamates AMNH 3783, dentary fragment and osteoderm
Mammalia
Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae	Coryphodon sp. Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
Cimolesta - Esthonychidae	Esthonyx spatularius⁶ Esthonyx spatularius⁶ Cope 1880 tillodont
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Haplomylus bozemanensis¹³, Haplomylus speirianus, Apheliscus sp.⁴ Haplomylus bozemanensis¹³ Robinson and Williams 1997 elephant shrew Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew confirmed by Robinson and Williams 1997 Apheliscus sp.⁴ Cope 1875 elephant shrew
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	Hyopsodus sp.¹ Hyopsodus sp.¹ Leidy 1870 condylarth
Primates - Paromomyidae	Ignacius graybullianus¹², Phenacolemur sp.¹² Ignacius graybullianus¹² Bown and Rose 1976 primate Phenacolemur sp.¹² Matthew 1915 primate
Primates - Omomyidae	Tetonius sp.¹ Tetonius sp.¹ Matthew 1915 tarsier
Primates - Microsyopidae	Arctodontomys wilsoni¹ Arctodontomys wilsoni¹ Szalay 1969 primate
Primates - Micromomyidae	Tinimomys graybulliensis¹¹ Tinimomys graybulliensis¹¹ Szalay 1974 primate new UCM specimen
Primates - Notharctidae	Cantius mckennai⁷ Cantius mckennai⁷ Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Paramys sp. Paramys sp. Leidy 1871 rodent small and medium sized species
Creodonta -	Prolimnocyon haematus⁵ Prolimnocyon haematus⁵ Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Arfia zele⁵ Arfia zele⁵ Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Ferae - Viverravidae	Didymictis sp.¹ Didymictis sp.¹ Cope 1875 placental
Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae	Phenacodus sp.¹, Phenacodus vortmani, Copecion brachypternus¹, Ectocion osbornianus Phenacodus sp.¹ Cope 1873 condylarth Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth Copecion brachypternus¹ Cope 1882 condylarth Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Perissodactyla -	Homogalax protapirinus Homogalax protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Equidae	"Arenahippus cf. grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri³ "Arenahippus cf. grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri³ Gingerich 1989 horse
Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae	Diacodexis primus¹⁰ Diacodexis primus¹⁰ Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 even-toed ungulate
Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae	Pantolestidae indet.¹, Palaeosinopa sp.², Palaeosinopa cf. lutreola Pantolestidae indet.¹ Cope 1884 placental Palaeosinopa sp.² Matthew 1901 placental Palaeosinopa cf. lutreola Matthew 1918 placental
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Leipsanolestes siegfriedti⁸ Leipsanolestes siegfriedti⁸ Simpson 1928 placental
Leptictida - Leptictidae	Didelphodus absarokae, Prodiacodon tauricinerei¹ Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881 eutherian Prodiacodon tauricinerei¹ Jepsen 1930 eutherian
Tribosphenida - Peradectidae	Mimoperadectes sp.⁹ Mimoperadectes sp.⁹ Bown and Rose 1979 marsupial

¹Alroy 2002; ²Bown and Schankler 1982; ³Froehlich 2002; ⁴Gingerich 1994; ⁵Gingerich and Deutsch 1989; ⁶Gingerich and Gunnell 1979; ⁷Gingerich and Simons 1977; ⁸Krishtalka 1976; ⁹Krishtalka and Stucky 1983; ¹⁰Krishtalka and Stucky 1985; ¹¹Robinson 1994; ¹²Robinson and Ivy 1994; ¹³Robinson and Williams 1997; ¹⁴Sullivan 1979