Wolton: Lostcabinian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys cf. bellulus Marsh 1872
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Palaeosinopa didelphoides (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
possibly H. minusculus
Hyopsodus paulus Leidy 1870
Mammalia - Creodonta
Prolimnocyon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus cf. gracilis Marsh 1872
Didymictis altidens Cope 1880
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Uintacyon sp. Leidy 1873
    = Miacidae indet. Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia
cf. Vassacyon sp. Matthew 1909
Vulpavus canavus (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
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
Heptodon posticus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Lambdotherium popoagicum Cope 1880
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus sinclairi Guthrie 1966
Diacodexis sp. Cope 1882
Diacodexis olseni Sinclair 1914
    = Diacodexis secans Cope 1881
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon loisi Kelley and Wood 1954
    = Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys copei Loomis 1907
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Shoshonius cooperi Granger 1910
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops cf. scottianus Cope 1881
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Bathyopsis fissidens Cope 1881
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
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:55.80000 - 50.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wind River Member:Lost Cabin
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Lostcabinian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:position relative to Davis Ranch (and by extension all other localities) is not resolved
Metadata
Also known as:Guthrie Locality 2
Database number:16078
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]
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]