Holy City Beds (UW V-78004): Uintan, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peratherium knighti McGrew et al. 1959
    = Herpetotherium cf. knighti McGrew et al. 1959
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus cf. paulus Leidy 1870
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus nitidus Marsh 1871
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Helaletes sp. Marsh 1872
    = Tapiroidea indet. Gill 1872
Alroy 2002
this is indeterminate based on Eaton's discussion and transferral of "H." intermedius to Desmatotherium by Schoch 1989
Forstercooperia cf. grandis (Peterson 1919)
    = Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
M3, presumably indeterminate based on Holbrook and Lucas 1997
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus eximius Leidy 1871
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus cf. sicarius Matthew 1909
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Hot Springs
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 108.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 97.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Uintan
Age range of interval:46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tepee Trail Member:lower
Local section:OwlCr Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:16576
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1405. J. G. Eaton. 1985. Paleontology and Correlation of the Eocene Tepee Trail and Wiggins Formations in the North Fork of Owl Creek Area, Southeastern Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(4) [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]