Kraus Flats: Wasatchian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Apheliscus sp.
Cope 1875
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Haplomylus sp.
Matthew 1915
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus cf. latidens
Denison 1937
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= Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
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cf. Oodectes sp.
Wortman 1901
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus politus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Viverravus acutus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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Mammalia
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Miacis exiguus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Vulpavus australis
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Vulpavus canavus
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Miacidae
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Uintacyon sp.
Leidy 1873
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= Miacidae indet.
Cope 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Prolimnocyon atavus
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Tritemnodon sp.
Matthew 1906
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Prototomus sp.
Cope 1874
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Oxyaenidae
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Oxyaena sp.
Cope 1874
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= Oxyaenidae indet.
Cope 1877
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Metacheiromyidae
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Palaeanodon cf. ignavus
Matthew 1918
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Mammalia
- Diacodexeidae
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Diacodexis metsiacus
(Cope 1882)
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Diacodexis robustus
Sinclair 1914
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= Bunophorus robustus
Sinclair 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Helaletidae
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Helaletidae indet.
Osborn 1892
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| new helaletid of Bown | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Hyracotherium sp.
Owen 1841
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| probably OK | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon neashami
Bown and Schankler 1982
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Phenacolemur sp.
Matthew 1915
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= Phenacolemurinae indet.
Simpson 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Cantius trigonodus
(Matthew 1915)
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= Cantius frugivorus
Cope 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Cantius cf. abditus
(Gingerich and Simons 1977)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Steinius vespertinus
(Matthew 1915)
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| also at D-1311: B & R 1987 | ||||||||||
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Absarokius metoecus
Bown and Rose 1987
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Bown and Rose 1987 | |||||||||
| USGS D-1588 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops cardiorestes
Gunnell 1989
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Gunnell 1989 | |||||||||
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Microsyops angustidens
(Matthew 1915)
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Mammalia
- Esthonychidae
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Esthonyx sp.
Cope 1874
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| presumably sensu stricto | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys rodens
Troxell 1923
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Mammalia
- Coryphodontidae
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Coryphodon sp.
(Owen 1845)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon (Coryphodon) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon tauricinerei
(Jepsen 1930)
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Palaeictops cf. bicuspis
(Cope 1880)
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Rose 1999 | |||||||||
| USGS D-1310 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:placed in Bown section by Bown et al. records from USGS D-1310, D-1311 and D-1588 should be placed here, as these are also at 442 m all of these localities are in Washakie County | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS D-1203, 1204, 1208, YPM 338 | ||
| Database number: | 15577 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| 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] | |
| 1730 | G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
| 2960 | K. D. Rose. 1999. Postcranial skeleton of Eocene Leptictidae (Mammalia), and its implications for behavior and relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):355-372 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |