Boysen Reservoir (48FR80): Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Saniwa sp.
Leidy 1870
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Boavus cf. occidentalis
Marsh 1871
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2 elements | |||||||||
| 2 thoracic vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus wortmani
Osborn 1902
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Cynodontomys elegans
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= Microsyops elegans
Marsh 1871
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys major
Loomis 1907
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= Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Paramys murinus
Matthew 1918
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= Lophiparamys murinus
Matthew 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis altidens
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
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Miacis latidens
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis olseni
Sinclair 1914
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= Diacodexis secans
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Meniscotherium terraerubae
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= Meniscotherium chamense
Cope 1874
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Heptodon brownorum
Seton 1931
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= Heptodon posticus
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx acutidens
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys whitakeri
(Simpson 1954)
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= Apatemys bellulus
Marsh 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Guthrie 1971; "Teilhardella sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Didelphodus ventanus
White 1952
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= Didelphodus absarokae
Cope 1881
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Van Valen 1966 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Fremont |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.0° North, 91.4° 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: | Wind River |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 15910 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett | Enterer: | J. Alroy, T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3636. | T. E. White. 1952. Preliminary analysis of the vertebrate fossil fauna of the Boysen Reservoir area. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 102(3296):185-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 3482 | L. Van Valen. 1966. Deltatheridia, a new order of Mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 132(1):1-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |