Farther East of Badwater Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 107.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 90.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lysite Member (Wind River Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 1982. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 2. Geologic Setting. Annals of Carnegie Museum 51(4):57-78 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 15936: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• actually 1 - 2 mi SW of Badwater Localities
this quarry has a "real" name that Korth does not give
very close to the top of the mbr.
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth
"large"
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodontidae indet. Cope 1881 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent