PBDB Collection

No Water (110'): Wasatchian, Wyoming

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae

	Parectypodus lunatus Krause 1982	Krause 1982
	"P. sp. A" of Van Valen & Sloan 1966; "P. childei" of Sloan 1981

	Ectypodus tardus (Jepsen 1940)	Krause 1982
	UW V-73037
Mammalia

	Peradectes chesteri (Gazin 1952)
	= Peradectes protinnominatus McKenna 1960	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Peratherium macgrewi n. sp. Bown 1979
	= Copedelphys innominata Simpson 1928	Alroy 2002
	recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

	Macrocranion nitens (Matthew 1918)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Adapisoricidae

	Adapisoricidae indet. Schlosser 1887
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae

	Apheliscus cf. insidiosus (Cope 1874)	Gingerich 1994
	= Apheliscus chydaeus Gingerich 1994	Alroy 2002

	Haplomylus speirianus (Cope 1880)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae

	Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

	Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
	= Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Phenacodus vortmani (Cope 1880)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113 (3 measurements)

	Ectocion cf. osbornianus (Cope 1882)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Phenacodus brachypternus Cope 1882
	(3 measurements)
	= Copecion brachypternus Cope 1882	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Hyracotherium cf. angustidens (Cope 1875)	Gingerich 1991
	= Hyracotherium grangeri Gingerich 1989	Alroy 2002
	recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

	Diacodexis metsiacus (Cope 1882)	Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
	= Diacodexis primus Krishtalka and Stucky 1985	Alroy 2002
	from UW 73034 and 73037
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae

	Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae

	Oxyaena cf. transiens Matthew and Granger 1915	Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
	= Dipsalidictis transiens Matthew and Granger 1915	Alroy 2002

	Palaeonictis cf. occidentalis Osborn 1892	Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
	= Palaeonictis occidentalis Osborn 1892	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Arfia opisthotoma (Matthew 1901)	Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
	= Arfia zele Gingerich and Deutsch 1989	Alroy 2002

	Prototomus sp. Cope 1874	Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
	includes "Tritemnodon sp." and probably represents P. phobos

	Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915	Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
	= Prototomus sp. Cope 1874	Alroy 2002
	probably Prototomus martis or P. deimos
Mammalia - Viverravidae

	Didymictis protenus (Cope 1874)
	= Didymictis sp. Cope 1875	Alroy 2002
	may be this and/or D. leptomylus, see Polly 1997 DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Viverravus cf. acutus Matthew and Granger 1915
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Viverravus politus Matthew and Granger 1915
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia

	Oodectes cf. herpestoides Wortman 1901	Gingerich 1983
	= Miacis sp. Cope 1872	Alroy 2002

	Uintacyon massetericus (Cope 1882)	Gingerich 1983
	= Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

	Pachyaena cf. gracilis Matthew and Granger 1915
	mentioned as "Pachyaena" by O'Leary and Rose 1995b DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae

	Plagioctenoides microlestes Bown 1979
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Plagioctenodon krausae Bown 1979	Bown and Schankler 1982
	sensu stricto
Mammalia - Pantolestidae

	Palaeosinopa cf. lutreola Matthew 1918
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907
	not absolutely certain this is at the 34 m level, but it is found above and below and is the dominant rodent in the assemblage, and only two of the numerous rodent specimens at this level are "Reithroparamys" nr. atwateri DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Reithroparamys atwateri (Loomis 1907)
	= Acritoparamys atwateri Loomis 1907	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae

	Niptomomys doreenae McKenna 1960
	at UW V-73037: Rose et al. 1993 DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Microsyops wilsoni Szalay 1969
	= Arctodontomys wilsoni Szalay 1969	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae

	Phenacolemur praecox Matthew 1915
	= Phenacolemurinae indet. Simpson 1955	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Phenacolemur simonsi Bown and Rose 1976
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Ignacius graybullianus Bown and Rose 1976
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae

	Chalicomomys antelucanus Beard and Houde 1989	Beard and Houde 1989
	= Micromomys antelucanus Beard and Houde 1989	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Chalicomomys antelucanus

	Tinimomys graybulliensis Szalay 1974
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

	Pelycodus ralstoni Matthew 1915
	= Cantius ralstoni Matthew 1915	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

	Tetonoides tenuiculus (Jepsen 1930)
	= Teilhardina sp. Simpson 1940	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Teilhardina americana Bown 1976
	see Bown and Rose 1987: UW V-73034, 73037 DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Tetonius homunculus (Cope 1882)
	= Tetonius sp. Matthew 1915	Alroy 2002
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Leptictidae

	Prodiacodon tauricinerei (Jepsen 1930)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113

	Didelphodus absarokae (Cope 1881)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae

	Palaeoryctes sp. Matthew 1913	Bown and Schankler 1982
	Supersite Quarry
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

	Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
	original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872
	= Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909	Alroy 2002
	could be A. chardini, Labidolemur kayi, or both; see Gingerich 1982 DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Mammalia - Esthonychidae

	Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874	Kihm 1984
	= Esthonyx spatularius Cope 1880	Alroy 2002
Mammalia

	Esthonyx grangeri Simpson 1937
	recombined as Azygonyx grangeri
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
unclassified

	cf. Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959
	DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Wyoming	County:	Washakie
Coordinates:	44.0° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	48.7° North, 90.9° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit

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:	Willwood	Member:	Sand Creek Facies
Local section:	ElkCr	Local bed:	34 m
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Museum repositories:	USGS
Taxonomic list comments:includes almost all of the taxa described by Bown 33.5 or 34 m level Talpavoides dartoni may be present: Bown and Schankler 1982 Sandcouleean

Metadata

Also known as:	UW V-73033, 73034 (Two Head Hill Quarry), 73037 (Supersite Quarry; USGS D-3711), 73077 DUPLICATE REF 1112 or 1113
Database number:	15491
Authorizer:	J. Alroy	Enterer:	J. Alroy
Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2002-05-15 00:00:00	Last modified:	2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:	the public	Released:	2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

1112.

T. M. Bown. 1979. New Omomyid Primates (Haplorhini, Tarsiiformes) from Middle Eocene Rocks of West-Central Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Folia Primatologica 31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1042		K. C. Beard and P. Houde. 1989. An unusual assemblage of diminutive plesiadapiforms (Mammalia, ?Primates) from the early Eocene of the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):388-399 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard]
1125		T. M. Bown and D. Schankler. 1982. A review of the Proteutheria and Insectivora of the Willwood Formation (Lower Eocene), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1523:1-79 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1650		P. D. Gingerich. 1983. Paleocene-Eocene faunal zones and a preliminary analysis of Laramide structural deformation in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 34:185-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1660		P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Perissodactyla (Mammalia) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(8):181-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
1662		P. D. Gingerich. 1994. New species of Apheliscus, Haplomylus, and Hyopsodus (Mammalia, Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene of southern Montana and early Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(6):119-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard]
1666		P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
1745		G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2078		A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2158		D. W. Krause. 1982. Multituberculates from the Wasatchian Land-Mammal Age, Early Eocene, of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(2):271-294 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]