Beaver Divide Locality 15 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 99.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (White River Formation), Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: F. B. Van Houten. 1964. Tertiary geology of the Beaver Rim area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1164:1-99 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16908: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys veterior Matthew 1903 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus cf. temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon cf. culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii
"Merycoidodon cf. culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
"Hendryomeryx cf. esulcatus" = Leptomeryx esulcatus
"Hendryomeryx cf. esulcatus" = Leptomeryx esulcatus Cope 1889 ruminant
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Subhyracodon cf. occidentalis Leidy 1850 rhinoceros
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872 eutherian