Potala Bonanza (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS Loc. D-1454, 1460; UCMP V96239

Where: Washakie County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 90.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: T. M. Bown, K. D. Rose, E. L. Simons and S. L. Wing. 1994. Distribution and stratigraphic correlation of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene fossil mammal and plant localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman formations, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1540:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15573: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• placed in Bown section by Bown et al.
USGS D-1460Q (see) is NOT at the same level
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet.1 Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
Microsyops cf. angustidens Matthew 1915 primate
Microsyops cardiorestes3 Gunnell 1989 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
cf. Copelemur sp. Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemurinae indet.1 Simpson 1955 primate
 Perissodactyla -
Homogalax cf. protapirinus Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. metsiacus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus sp. Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
Bunophorus robustus1 Sinclair 1914 even-toed ungulate
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
Chriacus sp. Cope 1883 condylarth
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaenidae indet.1 Cope 1877 creodont
 Creodonta -
Prolimnocyon sp. Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Didelphodus absarokae Cope 1881 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Tritemnodon sp. Matthew 1906 creodont
Prototomus sp. Cope 1874 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis sp.1 Cope 1875 placental
Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Theriamorpha -
Miacis exiguus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Vassacyon promicrodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 placental
Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981 placental
Vulpavus canavus Cope 1881 placental
Vulpavus australis Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon ignavus Matthew 1918 placental
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp.1 Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Apatemys sp. Marsh 1872 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx cf. bisulcatus Cope 1874 tillodont
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Melanosaurus sp.2 Gilmore 1928 squamates