Gnat-Out-Of-Hell (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as WU-18

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.1° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: B2 Member (Uinta Formation), Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• "Uinta B"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Washington University collection

Primary reference: D. T. Rasmussen. 1996. A new Middle Eocene omomyine primate from the Uinta Basin, Utah. Journal of Human Evolution 31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 16572: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira pulchra1
Anosteira pulchra1 Clark 1932 turtle
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa4
Baena arenosa4 Leidy 1870 turtle
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Zionodon walshi n. sp.2
Zionodon walshi n. sp.2 Dunn and Rasmussen 2009 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha -
Miacis sp.3
Miacis sp.3 Cope 1872 placental
 Carnivora - Miacidae
Miocyon scotti3, Miocyon vallisrubrae n. sp.3
Miocyon scotti3 Wortman and Matthew 1899 carnivoran
Miocyon vallisrubrae n. sp.3 Friscia and Rasmussen 2010 carnivoran
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravidae indet.3
Viverravidae indet.3 Wortman and Matthew 1899 placental
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
Mesomeryx grangeri5
Mesomeryx grangeri5 Peterson 1919 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Chipetaia lamporea n. sp.
Chipetaia lamporea n. sp. Rasmussen 1996 tarsier
also mentioned but not named by Rasmussen and Townsend 1995
1Adrian et al. 2020; 2Dunn and Rasmussen 2009; 3Friscia and Rasmussen 2010; 4Smith et al. 2017; 5Townsend and Rasmussen 1995