MP-41 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.4° N, 108.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 52.1° N, 81.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 48.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 15684: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Leah Gannon and Will Clyde

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• may be in Big Horn County, Wa-6
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus insidiosus1 Cope 1874 elephant shrew
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus lysitensis1 Gingerich 1974 condylarth
Hyopsodus minor1 Loomis 1905 condylarth
 Ferae - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon ignavus1 Matthew 1918 placental
 Ferae -
Miacis exiguus1 Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Didymictis protenus2 Cope 1874 placental
Viverravus acutus2 Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Oxyaena sp.1 Cope 1874 creodont
 Creodonta -
Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prototomus robustus1 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Anacodon ursidens1 Cope 1882 condylarth
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus vortmani1 Cope 1880 condylarth
 Perissodactyla -
Heptodon calciculus1 Cope 1880 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix1, "Hyracotherium cristatum" = Eohippus cristatus1
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix1 Marsh 1876 horse
"Hyracotherium cristatum" = Eohippus cristatus1 Wortman 1896 horse
 Artiodactyla - Diacodexeidae
Bunophorus etsagicus1 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
Diacodexis metsiacus1 Cope 1882 even-toed ungulate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius abditus1 Gingerich and Simons 1977 primate
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops latidens1 Cope 1882 primate
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys sp.1 Leidy 1871 rodent
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx bisulcatus1 Cope 1874 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon lobatus1 Cope 1877 pantodont
Reptilia
 Squamata -
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.1 Batsch 1788 turtle