Flagstaff Rim IV: Chadronian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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informal Novacek leptictid acutidens
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Novacek 2000 | |||||||||
pers. commun. 16.2.00: "Frictops emryi" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Megalagus brachyodon
(Matthew 1903)
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Palaeolagus temnodon
Douglass 1902
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Chadrolagus emryi
Gawne 1978
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Nonomys simplicidens
(Emry and Dawson 1972)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Cylindrodon fontis
Douglass 1902
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= Cylindrodon natronensis
Emry and Korth 1996
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Emry and Korth 1996 | |||||||||
Cylindrodon cf. nebraskensis
Hough and Alf 1956
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= Cylindrodon solarborus
Emry and Korth 1996
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Emry and Korth 1996 | |||||||||
112.8 m level | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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? Protosciurus jeffersoni
(Douglass 1902)
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recombined as Douglassciurus jeffersoni | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Prosciurus vetustus
(Matthew 1903)
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original and current combination Sciurus (Prosciurus) vetustus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Aulolithomys vexilliames n. sp.
Korth and Emry 1997
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Korth and Emry 1997 | |||||||||
from Jenny's Pocket; "A. sp." (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Paradjidaumo sp.
Burke 1934
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= Paradjidaumo nanus n. sp.
Emry and Korth 2013
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Emry and Korth 2013 | |||||||||
Namatomys lloydi
Black 1965
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this is the "true" Namatomys" | ||||||||||
Adjidaumo minimus
(Matthew 1903)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heliscomyidae
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Heliscomys sp.
Cope 1873
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= Heliscomys ostranderi
Korth et al. 1991
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Korth et al. 1991 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Titanotheriomys veterior
(Matthew 1903)
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original and current combination Ischyromys veterior | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon montanus
Douglass 1902
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Hyaenodon megaloides
Mellett 1977
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Hyaenodon mustelinus
Scott 1894
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Hesperocyon paterculus
(Matthew 1903)
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synonym of Hesperocyon gregarius | ||||||||||
described by Wang and Tedford 1994; specimens listed by Wang 1994 from 6, 10, 15, 20, and 30 ft above Ash D and both "in Ash F" and "in Titanothere channel (laterally replaced by Ash F" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Parictis sp.
Scott 1893
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assigned to "Subparictis" by Baskin and Tedford 1996 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Daphoenictis sp.
Hunt 1974
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discussed by Hunt 1996 and said to be 10' above Ash E | ||||||||||
Daphoenocyon sp.
Hough 1948
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= Brachyrhynchocyon sp.
Scott and Jepsen 1936
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Dinictis sp.
(Leidy 1854)
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Hoplophoneus oharrai
Jepsen 1926
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= Hoplophoneus mentalis
Sinclair 1921
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
synonym of Hoplophoneus primaevus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pholidota
- Patriomanidae
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Patriomanis americanus
Emry 1970
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corrected as Patriomanis americana | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Epoicotheriidae
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Epoicotherium cf. unicum
(Douglass 1905)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mesohippus sp.
Marsh 1875
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= Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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? Subhyracodon sp.
Wood 1927
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? Trigonias sp.
Lucas 1900
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Hyracodon cf. priscidens
Lambe 1905
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Archaeotherium cf. coarctatum
(Cope 1889)
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodon forsythae n. sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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recombined as Miniochoerus forsythae | ||||||||||
Bathygenys alpha
Douglass 1902
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= Bathygenys hedlundae
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
original and current combination Bathygenys alpha hedlundae | ||||||||||
"Bathygenys alpha hedlundae": from 20' above Ash D, South Fork of Lone Tree Gulch | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx mammifer
Cope 1885
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Leptomeryx speciosus
Lambe 1908
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Mammalia
- Hypisodontidae
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Hypisodus sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Pseudoprotoceras longinaris
Cook 1934
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Leptotragulus profectus
Matthew 1903
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recombined as Trigenicus profectus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Stibarus sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Poebrotherium sp.
Leidy 1847
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= Poebrotherium eximium
Hay 1902
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Prothero 1996 | |||||||||
determinate material is from 15' below Ash F; P. wilsoni also ranges through this interval | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Eotylopus reedi
Matthew 1910
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Mammalia
- Apternodontidae
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Apternodus brevirostris
Schlaikjer 1934
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Apternodus gregoryi
Schlaikjer 1933
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Mammalia
- Oligoryctidae
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Oligoryctes cameronensis
Hough 1956
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Apternodus altitalonidus
Clark 1936
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recombined as Oligoryctes altitalonidus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon chadronensis
Lillegraven et al. 1981
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Al's Pocket and Jenny's Pocket: Asher et al. 2005 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Amphilemuridae
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Ankylodon sp.
Patterson and McGrew 1937
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
- Didelphidae
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Peratherium sp.
Aymard 1850
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= Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhineuridae
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Spathorhynchus natronicus
Berman 1977
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Berman 1977 | |||||||||
Paratype specimen (AMNH 8678) from "NE 1/4 sec. 27, T31N, R83W, Middle Fork of Lone Tree Gulch, Natrona Co., Wyoming, White River Formation, 20 ft. below Ash F, Early Oligocene (Chadronian)." (p. 987) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Palaeoxantusia cf. borealis
Holman 1972
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Sullivan and Holman 1996 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
USNM 214716-214721, 214728 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Helodermoides tuberculatus
Douglass 1903
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Sullivan 1979 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
AMNH Frick collection no. 8697, incomplete parietal; 8698, incomplete parietal | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Natrona |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 107.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.8° North, 98.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | White River | ||
Local section: | WRGWY | Local bed: | 4 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Al's Pocket and Jenny's Pocket are from 16 m below Ash F: Korth and Emry 1997b 86-114 m, Ash D - Ash F |
Metadata
Also known as: | Al's Pocket; Jenny's Pocket; Middle Fork of Lone Tree Gulch | ||
Database number: | 16963 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett, P. Holroyd, C. Bell | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, C. Bell, T. Cleary |
Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-22 10:13:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1442. | R. J. Emry. 1992. Mammalian Range Zones in the Chadronian White River Formation at Flagstaff Rim, Wyoming. In D. R. Prothero, W. A. Berggren (eds.), Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution 106-115 [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] | |
24143 | R. J. Asher, R. J. Emry, and M. C. McKenna. 2005. New material of Centetodon (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) and the importance of (missing) DNA sequences in systematic paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):911-923 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
18264 | D. S. Berman. 1977. Spathorhynchus natronicus, a new species of rhineurid amphisbaenian (Reptilia) from the Early Oligocene of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 51(5):986-991 [C. Bell/C. Bell] | |
1451 | R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth. 1996. Cylindrodontidae. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
87100 | R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth. 2013. The eomyid rodent Paradjidaumo Burke from the late Eocene White River Formation, Flagstaff Rim area, Wyoming. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(2):178-186 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
2148 | W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry. 1997. A new species of Aulolithomys (Rodentia, Eomyidae) from the Chadronian (late Eocene) of Wyoming. Paludicola 1(3):112-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2153 | W. W. Korth, J. H. Wahlert, and R. J. Emry. 1991. A New Species of Heliscomys and Recognition of the Family Heliscomyidae (Geomyoidea: Rodentia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):247-256 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
6324 | M. J. Novacek. 2000. Personal communication regarding leptictid identifications. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
2805 | 5% 6280 | D. R. Prothero. 1996. Camelidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 609-651 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
3069 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
60385 | R. M. Sullivan. 1979. Revision of the Paleogene genus Glyptosaurus (Reptilia, Anguidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 163(1):1-72 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary] | |
87102 | R. M. Sullivan and J. A. Holman. 1996. Squamata. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 354-372 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |