Also known as 12 mi north of Big Piney; Tulsa
Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 93.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: LaBarge Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• said to be from the "Knight Mbr." (= LaBarge)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1962. A Further Study Of The Lower Eocene Mammalian Faunas Of Southwestern Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 144(1):1-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 15662: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
apparently includes material referred to by Szalay 1969a as "Muddy Creek locality, 12 miles north of Big Piney... Sublette Co."
Lostcabinian
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Notharctus cf. venticolus Osborn 1902 primate | |
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Chlororhysis knightensis n. sp., Anemorhysis sublettensis n. sp., Absarokius abbotti1, Loveina sheai1
Chlororhysis knightensis n. sp. Gazin 1958 tarsier
Anemorhysis sublettensis n. sp. Gazin 1952 tarsier presumably includes tentative record of Gunnell 1995a from "Red Buttes... 12 miles north of Big Piney"
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Dawsonomys woodi Gazin 1961 rodent | |
Knightomys senior Gazin 1952 rodent | |
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Ambloctonus major Denison 1938 creodont | |
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Miacis cf. latidens Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Uintacyon asodes Gazin 1952 placental | |
Viverravus lutosus Gazin 1952 placental
Didymictis altidens Cope 1880 placental | |
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Wyolestes dioctes n. sp.3
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Hexacodus pelodes Gazin 1952 even-toed ungulate | |
Bunophorus cf. macropternus Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate | |
Thryptacodon antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
Hyopsodus cf. mentalis Cope 1875 condylarth
Hyopsodus wortmani Osborn 1902 condylarth | |
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Esthonyx acutidens Cope 1881 tillodont | |
Coryphodon radians Cope 1872 pantodont | |
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Peratherium edwardi Gazin 1952 marsupial | |
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Reptilia | |
Arpadosaurus gazinorum n. gen. n. sp.7
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