Jay Em ( of the United States)

Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 99.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Marsland Formation (Hemingford Group), Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

• = Upper Harrison beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. H. Wahlert and R. A. Souza. 1988. Skull morphology of Gregorymys and relationships of the Entoptychinae (Rodentia, Geomyidae). American Museum Novitates 2922:1-13 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 17793: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 7 mi stretch of US 85 according to Schultz and Falkenbach 1940
possibly relevant: "Merychyus siouxensis" Schultz and Falkenbach 1947: 13 mi S of Jay Em
"Paraenhydrocyon brachypus" Wang 1994: 12 mi S of Jay Em, stratigraphic position uncertain
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Menoceras arikarense5 Barbour 1906 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Moropus hollandi1 Peterson 1913 chalicothere
"chalicothere" of Skinner 1968, who gives the locality as "lower part of the exposures at a site that is 1 1/2 miles west of... Jay Em"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Tanymykter brachyodontus3 Peterson 1904 camel
"east side of road to Jay-Em Goshen County"; Upper Harrison equivalent
Stenomylus gracilis2 Peterson 1907 camel
"Marsland"; E side of road to Jay-Em, 1.4 mi W of Jay-Em, and "Jay-Em very high"; see also Frick 1937
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus matthewi6 Loomis 1924 oreodont
Goshen Co.
Merychyus arenarum7 Cope 1884 oreodont
"questionable level"
Merychyus minimus7 Peterson 1907 oreodont
middle and higher parts of section
"Phenacocoelus stouti" = Merycoides stouti8 Schultz and Falkenbach 1950 oreodont
"Jay Em Creek"
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Megalictis ferox4 Matthew 1907 mustelid carnivore
"J-M District... Upper Harrison Beds"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Osbornodon brachypus9 Cope 1881 canid
2 mi S to 5 mi N of Jay Em, i.e., exact locality not known
Desmocyon thomsoni10 Matthew 1907 bone-crushing dog
"2 mi west of Jay-Em"; "Jay-Em, high in section"; "Jay-Em, high brown sand"; and "Jay-Em, below white layer"
Cynarctoides luskensis10 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog
Jay Em area, "high brown sand" in Upper Harrison Beds
Phlaocyon minor10 Matthew 1907 bone-crushing dog
"Jay Em Section, high"
 Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Gregorymys riggsi Wood 1936 rodent