Hawk (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as B-3

Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 96.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Bridger Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. M. West. 1973. Geology and mammalian paleontology of the New Fork-Big Sandy area, Sublette County, Wyoming. Fieldiana: Geology 29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 16232: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus minusculus Leidy 1873 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Orohippus cf. pumilus Marsh 1871 horse
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Palaeosyops fontinalis Cope 1873 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Antiacodon pygmaeus Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Paramyidae indet.1 Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus sp. Marsh 1871 rodent
Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Acritoparamys wyomingensis" = Paramys wyomingensis1, Paramys delicatus
"Acritoparamys wyomingensis" = Paramys wyomingensis1 Wood 1959 rodent
Paramys delicatus Leidy 1871 rodent
 Primates - Notharctidae
Smilodectes gracilis Marsh 1871 primate
Notharctus sp.1 Leidy 1870 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri Leidy 1869 tarsier
Washakius insignis Leidy 1873 tarsier
Anaptomorphus westi n. sp.3 Szalay 1976 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops elegans Marsh 1871 primate
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes chesteri2 Gazin 1952 marsupial
b: "Peratherium innominatum" is not present
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium cf. marsupium1 Troxell 1923 marsupial
Scenopagus edenensis
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Scenopagus edenensis McGrew et al. 1959