Cunningham Hill: Barstovian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Peridiomys sp. Matthew 1924
    = Mioheteromyinae indet.
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias cf. ateles (Hall 1930)
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Proheteromys sp. Wood 1932
    = Geomyoidea indet. Bonaparte 1845
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Lignimus transversus Barnosky 1986
    = Parapliosaccomys transversus Barnosky 1986
Alroy 2002
Mojavemys magnumarcus Barnosky 1986
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus furlongi Gazin 1930
(1 measurement)
Diprionomys agrarius Wood 1935
    = Mioheteromys amplissimus Korth 1997
Korth 1997
Cupidinimus sp. Wood 1935
    = Cupidinimus whitlocki Barnosky 1986
Barnosky 1986
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys cf. pagei Shotwell 1967
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax cf. curtus (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Schaubeumys sp. Wood 1935
    = Zapodidae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
could be Plesiosminthus clivosus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys niobrariensis (Hoffmeister 1959)
synonym of Copemys longidens
"kelloggae"
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus colteri Barnosky 1986
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopini indet. Dobson 1883
Scalopoides sp. Wilson 1960
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Merychippus" sp.; comparisons are to virtually everything
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854
    = Merycodontinae indet. Matthew 1904
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Teton
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 110.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 107.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Barstovian
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:15.97000 - 13.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Colter Member:Unit "O" = +- 69
Local section:Coltr Local bed:6
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Barstovian
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Also known as:UWBM loc. 236; KUVP loc. WYO 84
Database number:18868
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:43
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1019. A. D. Barnosky. 1986. Arikareean, Hemingfordian, and Barstovian Mammals From the Miocene Colter Formation, Jackson Hole, Teton County, Wyoming. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 26:1-69 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1018 A. D. Barnosky. 1986. New Species of the Miocene Rodent Cupidinimus (Heteromyidae) and Some Evolutionary Relationships within the Genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):46-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2132 W. W. Korth. 1997. A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America. Paludicola 1(2):33-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]