Despair Quarry: Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
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Peradectes protinnominatus
McKenna 1960
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Palaeictops tauricinerei
(Jepsen 1930)
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= cf. Prodiacodon tauricinerei
Jepsen 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys cf. kayi
(Simpson 1929)
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= Labidolemur kayi
Simpson 1929
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Gunnell 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx spatularius
Cope 1880
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Gunnell 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus loomisi
McKenna 1960
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Hyopsodus miticulus
(Cope 1874)
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= Hyopsodus simplex
Loomis 1905
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Redline 1997 | |||||||||
replaces ID of Gunnell 1989 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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Entomolestes nitens
Matthew 1918
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= cf. Macrocranion nitens
Matthew 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus sp.
Cope 1875
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Rose 1981 | |||||||||
: "A. nitidus" of McKenna | ||||||||||
Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Pachyaena ? ossifraga
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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= Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Phenacodus matthewi
Simpson 1935
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= Phenacodus vortmani
Cope 1880
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Thewissen 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium angustidens
(Cope 1875)
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= Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Arenahippus grangeri
(Gingerich 1989)
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Froehlich 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Wasatchia sp.
Sinclair 1914
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= Bunophorus sp.
Sinclair 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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= Diacodexis primus
Krishtalka and Stucky 1985
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Krishtalka and Stucky 1985 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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= Didymictis leptomylus
Cope 1880
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Polly 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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probably OK, see Gingerich 1983a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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= Dipsalidictis transiens
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon haematus
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Polly 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Prototomus viverrinus
Cope 1874
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= Prototomus deimos
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Polly 1993 | |||||||||
(explicit referral) | ||||||||||
Prototomus martis
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Polly 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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definitely not Marsholestes | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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"A" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur jepseni
Simpson 1955
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= cf. Simpsonlemur jepseni
Simpson 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonius homunculus
(Cope 1882)
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= Tetonius sp.
Matthew 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Trogolemur sp.
Matthew 1909
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= Pseudotetonius ambiguus
Matthew 1915
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Bown 1974 | |||||||||
seconded by Bown and Rose 1987; type of "Mckennamorphus despairensis" of Szalay 1976 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Pelycodus mckennai
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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= Cantius mckennai
Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Gingerich and Simons 1977 | |||||||||
"P. ralstoni" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Niptomomys doreenae
McKenna 1960
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Cynodontomys alfi
McKenna 1960
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= Microsyops angustidens
Matthew 1915
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Gunnell 1985 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus cf. childei
(Kühne 1969)
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Sloan 1981 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Moffat |
Coordinates: | 40.6° North, 108.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.4° North, 91.9° 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: | Wasatch |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 658 specimens |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-5352 | ||
Database number: | 15480 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-07-15 19:53:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2528. | M. C. McKenna. 1960. Fossil Mammalia from the early Wasatchian Four Mile fauna, Eocene of northwest Colorado. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 37(1):1-130 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1109 | T. M. Bown. 1974. Notes on some Early Eocene anaptomorphine primates. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 13(1):9-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
53105 | D. J. Froehlich. 2002. Quo vadis Eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134:141-256 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
1675 | P. D. Gingerich and E. L. Simons. 1977. Systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of early Eocene Adapidae (Mammalia, Primates) in North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 24(22):245-279 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1728 | G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1730 | G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
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] | |
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] | |
2785 | P. D. Polly. 1993. Hyaenodontidae (Creodonta, Mammalia) from the Early Eocene Four Mile Fauna and their biostratigraphic implications. PaleoBios 14(4):1-10 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2787 | P. D. Polly. 1997. Ancestry and Species Definition in Paleontology: A Stratocladistic Analysis of Paleocene-Eocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 30(1):1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6223 | A. D. Redline. 1997. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 13. Systematics and phylogenetic pattern of early Eocene Hyopsodus (Mammalia: Condylarthra). Annals of Carnegie Museum 66(1):1-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2953 | K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
3195 | R. E. Sloan. 1981. Systematics of Paleocene multituberculates from the San Juan Basin, NewMexico. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology 127-160 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |