Bobcat Draw Bonanza: Wasatchian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
said to be new
Hyopsodus powellianus Cope 1884
Hyopsodus cf. lysitensis Gingerich 1974
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
cf. Dissacus sp. Cope 1881
Mammalia - Acreodi - Hapalodectidae
Hapalodectes leptognathus (Osborn and Wortman 1892)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravus acutus Matthew and Granger 1915
Didymictis lysitensis
    = Didymictis protenus Cope 1874
Alroy 2002
Mammalia
Miacis sp. Cope 1872
Vulpavus australis Matthew and Granger 1915
Vulpavus canavus (Cope 1881)
Uintacyon cf. asodes Gazin 1952
Mammalia - Carnivora - Miacidae
Miacinae indet. Cope 1880
new miacine of Bown
Mammalia - Creodonta
Prolimnocyon sp. Matthew and Granger 1915
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
cf. Tritemnodon sp. Matthew 1906
Prototomus sp. Cope 1874
Mammalia - Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena sp. Cope 1874
    = Oxyaenidae indet. Cope 1877
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon sp. Matthew 1918
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. metsiacus (Cope 1882)
Bunophorus sp. Sinclair 1914
may include "Wasatchia sp."
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Chriacus sp. Cope 1883
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus brachypternus Cope 1882
    = Copecion brachypternus Cope 1882
Alroy 2002
Phenacodus cf. primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
Phenacodus cf. vortmani (Cope 1880)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Helaletidae
Helaletidae indet. Osborn 1892
new helaletid of Bown
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
Heptodon sp. Cope 1882
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur sp. Matthew 1915
    = Phenacolemurinae indet. Simpson 1955
Alroy 2002
said to be new
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Absarokius metoecus Bown and Rose 1987
Bown and Rose 1987
Y-192; not listed by Bown et al. 1994
Absarokius abbotti (Loomis 1906)
listed by Bown and Rose 1987 at YPM 192, 193
Anemorhysis wortmani Bown and Rose 1984
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops latidens (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx sp. Cope 1874
presumably sensu stricto
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemys cf. bellulus Marsh 1872
Mammalia - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. (Owen 1845)
original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon)
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Didelphodus sp. Cope 1882
Palaeictops multicuspis (Granger 1910)
original and current combination Parictops multicuspis
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Baltemys sp. Hutchison 1991
Holroyd et al. 2001
    = Baltemys staurogastros Hutchison 1991
Hutchison 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Washakie
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 108.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 90.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Wasatchian
Age range of interval:54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Willwood
Local section:ElkCr Local bed:625 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: placed in Schankler-Wing section by Bown et al.
level correctly given as 625 m by Bown and Rose 1987
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Metadata
Also known as:USGS Loc. D-1256, 1463, YPM 192 (= UCMP V81182), 193, 315
Database number:15559
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2006-04-19 21:08:05
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
6214. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1123 T. M. Bown and K. D. Rose. 1987. Patterns of Dental Evolution in Early Eocene Anaptomorphine Primates (Omomyidae) from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Paleontological Society Memoir 23:1-162 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
17201 P. A. Holroyd, J. H. Hutchison, and S. G. Strait. 2001. Turtle diversity and abundance through the lower Eocene Willwood Formation of the southern Bighorn Basin. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 33:97-108 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
691 J. H. Hutchison. 1991. Early Kinosterninae (Reptilia: Testudines) and their phylogenetic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):145-167 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]