PBDB Collection

Anthill Quarry: Wasatchian, Colorado

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

	Apheliscus sp. Cope 1875	Rose 1981
	: "A. nitidus" of McKenna

	Haplomylus speirianus (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

	Entomolestes nitens Matthew 1918
	= cf. Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

	Hyopsodus loomisi McKenna 1960

	Hyopsodus miticulus (Cope 1874)
	= Hyopsodus simplex Loomis 1905	Redline 1997
	replaces ID of Gunnell 1989
Mammalia - Viverravidae

	Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia

	Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915
	probably OK, see Gingerich 1983a
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

	Diacodexis metsiacus (Cope 1882)
	= Diacodexis primus Krishtalka and Stucky 1985	Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

	Chriacus gallinae Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

	Phenacodus brachypternus Cope 1882
	= Copecion ? brachypternus Cope 1882	Alroy 2002

	Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
	= Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873	Alroy 2002

	Phenacodus intermedius Granger 1915
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

	Hyracotherium angustidens (Cope 1875)
	= Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Arenahippus grangeri (Gingerich 1989)	Froehlich 2002
	recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Paramys sp. Leidy 1871
	two forms "A" and "B"
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

	Phenacolemur jepseni Simpson 1955
	= cf. Simpsonlemur jepseni Simpson 1955	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

	Pelycodus mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977
	recombined as Cantius mckennai
	"P. ralstoni" ref 1675
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

	Tetonius homunculus (Cope 1882)
	= Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

	Arctodontomys nuptus (Cope 1882)	Gunnell 1989

	Cynodontomys alfi McKenna 1960
	= Microsyops angustidens Matthew 1915	Gunnell 1985
Mammalia - Esthonychidae

	Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880	Gunnell 1989
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Apatemys kayi (Simpson 1929)
	= Labidolemur cf. kayi Simpson 1929	McKenna 1963
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

	Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
	original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia - Leptictidae

	Palaeictops tauricinerei (Jepsen 1930)
	= cf. Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930	Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Colorado	County:	Moffat
Coordinates:	40.6° North, 108.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	45.4° North, 91.9° West
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
Key time interval:	Wasatchian
Age range of interval:	54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:

Wasatch

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection size:	369 specimens
Museum repositories:	UCMP

Metadata

Also known as:	UCMP V-5346
Database number:	15450
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot	Enterer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1993-09-27 00:00:00	Last modified:	2009-07-15 19:53:42
Access level:	the public	Released:	1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

2528.

M. C. McKenna. 1960. Fossil Mammalia from the early Wasatchian Four Mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 37(1):1-130 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
53105		D. J. Froehlich. 2002. Quo vadis Eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134:141-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
1675		P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1728		G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1730		G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
2183		L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1985. Revision of the Eocene Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 7. Revision of Diacodexis (Mammalian, Artiodactyla). Annals of Carnegie Museum 54(14):413-486 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2530		M. C. McKenna. 1963. Primitive Paleocene and Eocene Apatemyidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) and the primate-insectivore boundary. American Museum Novitates 2160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]
2953		K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]