UM FB-19 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 94.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wa6 zone, Wasatch Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell, J.-P. Zonneveld, and W. S. Bartels. 2016. Stratigraphy, mammalian paleontology, paleoecology, and age correlation of the Wasatch Formation, Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming . Journal of Paleontology 90(5):981-1011 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186946: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.07.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx cf. bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus minor Loomis 1905 condylarth
 Ferae - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon sp. Matthew 1918 placental
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Hexacodus uintensis Gazin 1952 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis secans Cope 1881 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus grangeri Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
Protorohippus venticolum Cope 1881 horse
 Primates - Notharctidae
Copelemur australotutus Beard 1988 primate
Cantius frugivorus Cope 1875 primate
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys huerfanensis Wood 1962 rodent
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus cf. scottianus Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum Simpson 1928 marsupial