Red Hot: Wasatchian, Mississippi
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis littoralis
Cope 1847
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Parmley and Case 1988 | |||||||||
Palaeophis virginianus
Lynn 1934
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Parmley and Case 1988 | |||||||||
Palaeophis casei
Holman 1982
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Parmley and Case 1988 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Peratherium sp.
Aymard 1850
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
= Peratherium macgrewi
Bown 1979
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mimoperadectes sp.
Bown and Rose 1979
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Mimoperadectes sowasheensis
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
reidentified by Beard and Dawson 2009 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplomylus speirianus
(Cope 1880)
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Haplomylus meridionalis n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Acritoparamys sp.
Korth 1984
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
"clade including 'Acritoparamys' atwateri" | ||||||||||
= Paramyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
"Paramyidae species 1" | ||||||||||
Franimys actites n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
cited as "Franimys? actites" | ||||||||||
Corbarimys nomadus n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
cited as "Corbarimys? nomadus" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Tuscahomys major
Dawson and Beard 2007
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Dawson and Beard 2007 | |||||||||
Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
"at least" two other rodents | ||||||||||
= Tuscahomys medius
Dawson and Beard 2007
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Dawson and Beard 2007 | |||||||||
reidentified as three species of Tuscahomys by Dawson and Beard 2007 | ||||||||||
Tuscahomys minor
Dawson and Beard 2007
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Dawson and Beard 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys atavus
Jepsen 1937
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
assignment apparently OK in light of Dawson and Beard 1996 | ||||||||||
= Paramys dispar n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Paramys adamus
Dawson and Beard 1996
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Paramys dispar n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Paromomyidae indet.
Simpson 1940
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
= Choctawius foxi n. gen., n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Uintasoricinae indet.
Szalay 1969
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Choctawius foxi n. gen., n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomyidae indet.
Gazin 1958
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two forms | ||||||||||
= Teilhardina magnoliana
Beard 2008
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Beard 2008 | |||||||||
this is the only omomyid taxon currently documented from this locality | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Uintacyon sp.
Leidy 1873
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Eogale parydros n. gen., n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
Vassacyon sp.
Matthew 1909
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Miacis igniculus n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
recombined as Gracilocyon igniculus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverriscus omnivorus n. gen., n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Viverravus sp.
Marsh 1872
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Viverravus bowni
Gingerich 1987
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
synonym of Viverravus laytoni | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis sp.
Cope 1882
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion sp.
Cope 1882
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Ectocion nanabeensis n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Scenopagus sp.
McKenna and Simpson 1959
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Wyonycteris primitivus n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Leptacodon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Plagioctenodon dormaalensis
Quinet 1964
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Sespedectidae
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Colpocherus mississippiensis n. gen., n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Talpavoides dartoni
Bown and Schankler 1982
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Diacocherus dockeryi n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Palaeosinopa sp.
Matthew 1901
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Palaeosinopa aestuarium n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys sp.
Marsh 1872
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Apatemys pygmaeus n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Prodiacodon sp.
Matthew 1929
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Beard et al. 1995 | |||||||||
= Naranius americanus n. sp.
Beard and Dawson 2009
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Beard and Dawson 2009 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Lauderdale |
Coordinates: | 32.4° North, 88.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 73.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
*Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Epoch: | Early/Lower Eocene | *Local age/stage: | Wasatchian |
Key time interval: | Wasatchian | Zone: | NP 9 |
Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Tuscahoma | ||||
Local section: | Wilcx | Local bed: | 1 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: said to be early Wasatchian
"near the top" of the formation "beds... almost certainly correlate with marine nannoplankton zone NP 9" the Tuscahoma underlies the Bashi Marl and both are in the Wilcox Group (see Hatchetigbee Bluff) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | glauconitic sandstone |
Lithology description: "glauconitic, estuarine channel sand" | |
Environment: | estuary/bay |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: apparently includes omomyid specimen described by Beard and Tabrum 1991, whose stratigraphic provenance was uncertain but believed to be from the overlying Bashi Formation, and which certainly came from the same outcrop | |
Taxonomic list comments:a total of "some" 25 mammal species are present, hence, the current least is nearly complete |
Metadata
Also known as: | Red Hot Truck Stop; CM locality 517; TF-M | ||
Database number: | 15719 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, K. Beard | Enterer: | J. Alroy, K. Beard |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-04-06 14:31:51 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-10-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1046. | 5% 19280 | K. C. Beard and A. R. Tabrum. 1991. The first early Eocene mammal from eastern North America; an omomyid primate from the Bashi Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Mississippi Geology 11(2):1-6 [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] | |
27043 | K. C. Beard. 2008. The oldest North American primate and mammalian biogeography during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(10):3815-3818 [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
1050 | K. C. Beard, M. R. Dawson, and A. R. Tabrum. 1995. First diverse land mammal fauna from the early Cenozoic of the Southeastern United States; the early Wasatchian Red Hot local fauna, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):18A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
31333 | K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson. 2009. Early Wasatchian mammals of the Red Hot local fauna, uppermost Tuscahoma Formation, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):193-243 [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
27053 | M. R. Dawson and K. C. Beard. 2007. Rodents of the family Cylindrodontidae (Mammalia) from the earliest Eocene of the Tuscahoma Formation, Mississippi. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):135-144 [K. Beard/K. Beard] | |
7603 | D. Parmley and G. R. Case. 1988. Palaeopheid snakes from the Gulf Coastal region of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):334-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |