Upper Wiggins Formation (UW V-78020) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Hot Springs County, Wyoming (43.7° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 97.1° W)

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• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Wiggins Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton. 1985. Paleontology and Correlation of the Eocene Tepee Trail and Wiggins Formations in the North Fork of Owl Creek Area, Southeastern Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16643: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus uintensis
Hyopsodus uintensis Osborn 1902 condylarth
 Primates - Omomyidae
Macrotarsius cf. siegerti
Macrotarsius cf. siegerti Robinson 1968 tarsier
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys cf. copei
Paramys cf. copei Loomis 1907 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
cf. Auxontodon sp.
cf. Auxontodon sp. Gazin 1958 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus gracilis
Epihippus gracilis Marsh 1871 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon cf. woodi
Colodon cf. woodi Gazin 1956 tapir