SC-210: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Gastrodonta sp.
Albers 1850
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Protoboysia complicata
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Mammalia
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Ectoganus sp.
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Pelycodus ralstoni
Matthew 1915
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= Cantius ralstoni
Matthew 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur praecox
Matthew 1915
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= Phenacolemurinae indet.
Simpson 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops wilsoni
Szalay 1969
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= Arctodontomys wilsoni
Szalay 1969
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Tetonoides tenuiculus
(Jepsen 1930)
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= Teilhardina americana
Bown 1976
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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cf. Paramys sp.
Leidy 1871
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three forms | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena gulo
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Arfia sp.
Van Valen 1965
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= Arfia shoshoniensis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 | |||||||||
Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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= Prototomus phobos
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 | |||||||||
Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon haematus
Gingerich and Deutsch 1989
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Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis winkleri
Gingerich 1983
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Gingerich 1983 | |||||||||
recombined as Gracilocyon winkleri | ||||||||||
probably "M. exiguus" of Winkler | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Uintacyon sp.
Leidy 1873
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= Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus rosei
Polly 1997
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Polly 1997 | |||||||||
presumably "V. sp. 1" | ||||||||||
Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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confirmed by Polly 1997 | ||||||||||
Didymictis protenus
(Cope 1874)
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Polly 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon nievelti
Gingerich 1989
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Gingerich 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Pachyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hyracotherium grangeri
Gingerich 1989
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recombined as Sifrhippus grangeri | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax sp.
Hay 1899
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= Cardiolophus radinskyi
Gingerich 1991
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Gingerich 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Phenacodontidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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described by Thewissen 1990 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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= Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon antiquus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Leipsanolestes sp.
Simpson 1928
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= Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Parapternodontidae
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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= Parapternodus antiquus
Bown and Schankler 1982
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Asher et al. 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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cf. Talpavus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus insidiosus
(Cope 1874)
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= Apheliscus chydaeus
Gingerich 1994
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Gingerich 1994 | |||||||||
Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus loomisi
McKenna 1960
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx spatularius
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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cf. Prodiacodon sp.
Matthew 1929
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Eoryctes melanus
Thewissen and Gingerich 1989
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Thewissen and Gingerich 1989 | |||||||||
presumably includes "cf. Palaeoryctes sp.," which is in the same subfamily | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus tardus
(Jepsen 1940)
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Reptilia
- Baenidae
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"Baena sp."
Leidy 1870
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Gerrhonotus sp.
Wiegmann 1828
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Melanosaurus maximus
Gilmore 1928
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Paraglyptosaurus sp.
Sullivan 1979
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Odaxosaurus cf. jepseni
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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egg shell fragments | ||||||||||
Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia sp.
Linnaeus 1766
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Grangerellidae
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Grangerella sp.
Cockerell 1915
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Polygyridae
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Polygyra sp.
Say 1818
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pupillidae
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Pupillidae indet.
Turton 1831
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"2 species" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Oreohelicidae
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Oreohelix sp.
Pilsbry 1904
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
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Sigmurethra indet.
Pilsbry 1900
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"three or more terrestrial types" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Discidae
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Discus sp.
Fitzinger 1833
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Park |
Coordinates: | 44.3° North, 109.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° 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 |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 1041 specimens |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Taxonomic list comments:NISP 1737, but only 1041 are craniodental 1645 m level |
Metadata
Database number: | 15793 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, R. Whatley | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Whatley |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:29:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3714. | D. A. Winkler. 1983. Paleoecology of an Early Eocene mammalian fauna from paleosols in the Clarks Fork Basin, northwestern Wyoming (U.S.A.). Palaeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 43:261-298 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Whatley] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1123 | T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
1650 | P. D. Gingerich. 1983. Paleocene-Eocene faunal zones and a preliminary analysis of Laramide structural deformation in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook 34:185-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1657 | P. D. Gingerich. 1989. New earliest Wasatchian mammalian fauna from the Eocene of northwestern Wyoming: composition and diversity in a rarely sampled high-floodplain assemblage. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 28:1-97 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1660 | P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Perissodactyla (Mammalia) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(8):181-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
1662 | P. D. Gingerich. 1994. New species of Apheliscus, Haplomylus, and Hyopsodus (Mammalia, Condylarthra) from the late Paleocene of southern Montana and early Eocene of northwestern Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 29(6):119-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard] | |
1666 | P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
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] | |
3403 | J. G. M. Thewissen and P. D. Gingerich. 1989. Skull and Endocranial Cast of Eoructes melanus, a New Palaeoryctid (Mammalia: Insectivora) from the Early Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(4):459-470 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |