Exposure Northwest of Coyote Park: Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus powellianus
Cope 1884
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Hyopsodus cf. miticulus
(Cope 1874)
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= Hyopsodus lysitensis
Gingerich 1974
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Redline 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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= Prototomus cf. martis
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Gunnell 1998 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1915
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= Prolimnocyon cf. atavus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gunnell 1998 | |||||||||
| said to be closest to P. atavus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops cf. latidens
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx bisulcatus
Cope 1874
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 39.7° North, 107.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.5° North, 81.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Middle Wasatchian |
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.9 - 50.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 22 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FMNH 36-37 | ||
| Database number: | 15388 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2078. | A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 1735 | G. F. Gunnell. 1998. Creodonta. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate like Mammals [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Orcutt] | |
| 6223 | A. D. Redline. 1997. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 13. Systematics and phylogenetic pattern of early Eocene Hyopsodus (Mammalia: Condylarthra). Annals of Carnegie Museum 66(1):1-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |