PBDB Collection

Bone-anza (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UCM 78049; Kay's Locality; Scenery Gulch; Shooty Gulch; Tschuddi Gulch; 3 miles north of the mouth of Blacks Gulch

Where: Rio Blanco County, Colorado (40.0° N, 107.9° W: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 91.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: DeBeque Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• said to be middle Wasatchian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15225: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Leptictidae	Prodiacodon tauricinerei, Palaeictops cf. bicuspis Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian Palaeictops cf. bicuspis Cope 1880 eutherian
Cimolesta - Esthonychidae	Esthonyx sp., Esthonyx bisulcatus Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874 tillodont Esthonyx bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	Hyopsodus powellianus⁴, Hyopsodus lysitensis⁴ Hyopsodus powellianus⁴ Cope 1884 condylarth Scenery Gulch Hyopsodus lysitensis⁴ Gingerich 1974 condylarth
Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae	Macrocranion nitens Macrocranion nitens Matthew 1918 elephant shrew
Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae	Phenacodus cf. vortmani Phenacodus cf. vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Hyracotherium sp. Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate "C" and "E"
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Xenicohippus grangeri Xenicohippus grangeri Bown and Kihm 1981 horse
Perissodactyla -	Heptodon sp. Heptodon sp. Cope 1882 odd-toed ungulate small
Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae	Diacodexis cf. metsiacus³, Simpsonodus chacensis³ Diacodexis cf. metsiacus³ Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate Simpsonodus chacensis³ Cope 1875 even-toed ungulate
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Viverravus lutosus, Didymictis sp.¹ Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952 placental Didymictis sp.¹ Cope 1875 placental
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Prototomus cf. martis² Prototomus cf. martis² Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Theriamorpha -	Diacodon cf. alticuspis Diacodon cf. alticuspis Cope 1875 placental
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Thisbemys cf. perditus, Paramys excavatus, Paramys copei, Mytonomys coloradensis¹, Lophiparamys debequensis Thisbemys cf. perditus Wood 1962 rodent Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent Mytonomys coloradensis¹ Wood 1962 rodent Lophiparamys debequensis Wood 1962 rodent
Primates - Notharctidae	Cantius abditus Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
Primates - Microsyopidae	Microsyops cf. latidens Microsyops cf. latidens Cope 1882 primate

¹Alroy 2002; ²Gunnell 1998; ³Krishtalka and Stucky 1986; ⁴Redline 1997