Douglas Area Brule (Above 6d): Orellan, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys elegans
Leidy 1856
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| includes "E. obliquidens" | ||||||||||
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Scottimus viduus
Korth 1981
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| recombined as Willeumys viduus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Ischyromys parvidens
Miller and Gidley 1920
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= Ischyromys sp.
Leidy 1856
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| replaced by I. typus sensu stricto within this interval | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Megalagus turgidus
(Cope 1873)
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Palaeolagus haydeni
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale lagophaga
(Cope 1873)
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| original and current combination Bunaelurus lagophagus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Hesperocyon gregarius
(Cope 1873)
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Wang 1994 | |||||||||
| specimen from Reno Ranch, S of Tower area, 60 ft above "Black Ash"; specimen from KU-WY-057 "Whitneyan" in Douglas area | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon crucians
Leidy 1853
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Hyaenodon horridus
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodon culbertsoni
(Leidy 1848)
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| original and current combination Merycoidodon culbertsonii | ||||||||||
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Miniochoerus gracilis
(Leidy 1851)
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx evansi
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Hypertragulidae
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Hypertragulus calcaratus
(Cope 1873)
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Poebrotherium wilsoni
Leidy 1847
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis dakotensis
(Leidy 1868)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Converse |
| Coordinates: | 42.9° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.2° North, 97.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:between tuffs 6d and 7 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17106 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1470. | E. Evanoff, D. R. Prothero, and R. H. Lander. 1992. Elocene-Oligocene climatic change in North America: The White River Formation near Douglass, East-Central Wyoming. 116-130 [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] | |
| 6226 | X. Wang. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of the Hesperocyoninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 221:1-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |