Deadman Butte: Lostcabinian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Taeniodonta
cf. Taeniodonta indet. Cope 1876
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Notharctus nunienus (Cope 1881)
    = Cantius nunienus Cope 1881
Alroy 2002
includes "Copelemur consortutus" Notharctus
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
    = Phenacolemurinae indet. Simpson 1955
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. scottianus Cope 1881
Uintasorex cf. parvulus Matthew 1909
Mammalia - Primates - Picromomyidae
Alveojunctus sp. Bown 1982
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Omomyidae indet. Gazin 1958
Beard et al. 1992
    = Trogolemur amplior Beard et al. 1992
Alroy 2002
DUPLICATE REF 1045 or 1049
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
cf. Anemorhysis sp. Gazin 1958
Absarokius cf. noctivagus Matthew 1915
    = Absarokius cf. abbotti Loomis 1906
Alroy 2002
Shoshonius cooperi Granger 1910
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys huerfanensis (Wood 1962)
Knightomys depressus (Loomis 1907)
Pauromys sp. Troxell 1923
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876
Acritoparamys francesi (Wood 1962)
Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907
Paramys copei Loomis 1907
Mattimys kalicola (Matthew 1918)
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Mammalia
Miacis cf. latidens Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Uintacyon sp. Leidy 1873
    = Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia
Vulpavus canavus (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus cf. gracilis Marsh 1872
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Hyracotherium craspedotum Cope 1880
    = Perissodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Alroy 2002
- could be Systemodon tapirinus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium vasacciense (Cope 1872)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Heptodon ventorum (Cope 1880)
    = Heptodon calciculus Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
? Heptodon posticus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
Phenacodus vortmani (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae
Diacodexis woltonensis Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
invalid subgroup of Leptochoeridae
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus sp. Sinclair 1914
"A"
Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966
Diacodexis secans (Cope 1881)
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Diacodexis minutus Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Palaeosinopa didelphoides (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitherium cf. serotinum (Marsh 1872)
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon sp. Marsh 1872
Didelphodus cf. altidens (Marsh 1872)
original and current combination Centetodon altidens
Centetodon bembicophagus Lillegraven et al. 1981
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Adapisoricidae
Adapisoricidae indet. Schlosser 1887
said to be new
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Macrocranion nitens (Matthew 1918)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus walcottianus Matthew 1915
Hyopsodus wortmani Osborn 1902
includes "H. paulus": Redline 1997
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872
"A"
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Palaeictops multicuspis (Granger 1910)
original and current combination Parictops multicuspis
Mammalia - Proteutheria
Proteutheria indet. Romer 1966
Mammalia
Peratherium innominatum Simpson 1928
    = Copedelphys innominata Simpson 1928
Alroy 2002
recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum
Peratherium marsupium (Troxell 1923)
    = Herpetotherium marsupium Troxell 1923
Alroy 2002
Peratherium comstocki Cope 1884
Peradectes chesteri (Gazin 1952)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus cf. childei (Kühne 1969)
(1 measurement)
unclassified
cf. Scenopagus sp. McKenna and Simpson 1959
Scenopagus cf. edenensis (McGrew et al. 1959)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Natrona
Coordinates: 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 90.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Lostcabinian
Key time interval:Lostcabinian
Age range of interval:54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wind River Member:Red Creek Facies
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Lostcabinian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:253 specimens
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 253, excluding generically indeterminate records
Metadata
Also known as:CM 1551; UCM 80062
Database number:15930
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-09-13 00:27:33
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3329. R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1045 K. C. Beard, B. Sigé, and L. Krishtalka. 1992. A primitive vespertilionoid bat from the early Eocene of central Wyoming. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II 314:735-741 [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]