Douglas Area Basal Brule (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Converse County, Wyoming (42.9° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 96.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: basal Member (Brule Formation), Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. Evanoff, D. R. Prothero, and R. H. Lander. 1992. Elocene-Oligocene climatic change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglass, East-Central Wyoming. 116-130 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 16943: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• just below to c. 7 meters above tuff 5; Wang 1994 gives this "last titanothere" level as 25 ft, and tuff 5 is clearly his "White Marker" (a.k.a. "White Tuff" of Larson and Evanoff 1998)
dated at 33.91 +/- 0.1 Ma SCLF AA on biotite
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Leptictis dakotensis Leidy 1868 eutherian
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromys sp.1 Leidy 1856 rodent
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Yoderimyinae indet.1 Wood 1955 rodent
Yoderimys bumpi n. gen. n. sp.4 Wood 1955 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856 rabbit
Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit
Megalagus turgidus Cope 1873 rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Poebrotherium eximium Hay 1902 camel
see also Prothero 1996d
Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy 1847 camel
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Protoceratidae indet.1 Marsh 1891 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx speciosus Lambe 1908 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii, "Miniochoerus chadronensis" = Miniochoerus chadronensis, "Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus) douglasensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus chadronensis2, "Parastenopsochoerus conversensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus chadronensis2
"Merycoidodon culbertsoni" = Merycoidodon culbertsonii Leidy 1848 oreodont
"Miniochoerus chadronensis" = Miniochoerus chadronensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
"Stenopsochoerus (Pseudostenopsochoerus) douglasensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus chadronensis2 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
"Parastenopsochoerus conversensis n. sp." = Miniochoerus chadronensis2 Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 oreodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Hyaenodon crucians Leidy 1853 creodont
Hyaenodon horridus Leidy 1853 creodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius3 Cope 1873 canid
various localities 15, 20, and 25 ft above PWL and 35 ft below "Black Ash" = tuff 6a (?)