Deadman Butte
Basic information
Sample name: Deadman Butte

Sample aka: UCM Loc. 80062

Reference: R. K. Stucky. 1984. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 5. Geology and biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Wind River Formation, northeastern Wind River Basin. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53(9):231-294 [ER 4132]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Wyoming


County: Natrona


Coordinate: 43.25° N, -107.26° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Formation: Wind River

Time interval: Early Eocene

Zone: Wasatchian

Section: Red Creek

Unit number: 1

Unit order: below to above

Ma: 52.1

Age basis: AEO

Geography comments: "E 1/2, Sec. 22, T.38N., R.87W."
within the "Lambdotherium popoagicum Range Zone" of the Red Creek Facies in the Deadman Butte section, securely correlated as underlying Lightning Butte and Someday, both of which are in the Lost Cabin Member instead

Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: overbank deposit

Habitat comments: "Very fine grained, poorly sorted quartz arenite and mudstone. Most sand particles are very well rounded. Abundant isolated mammalian teeth and bone fragments... Braidplain"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 277 specimens

Sampling comments: locality descriptions are given in Stucky's follow-up 1984 paper (Annals of Carnegie Museum v. 53, art. 10)
"Surface prospect, screen wash"
"Turtle shell fragments and lizard remains common. Crocodilian elements rare and from very small individuals"

Metadata
Sample number: 4578

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-12-08 03:45:43

Modified: 2024-12-11 10:23:46

Abundance distribution
57 species
20 singletons
total count 277
geometric series index: 119.6
Fisher's α: 21.759
geometric series k: 0.9455
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9575
Shannon's H: 3.5085
Good's u: 0.9281
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Ectypodus cf. childei2
Peratherium marsupium = †Herpetotherium marsupium4
Peratherium comstocki2
Peratherium innominatum = †Copedelphys innominata4
Peradectes chesteri1
Didelphodus cf. altidens2
Palaeictops multicuspis4
Leptictidae indet.2
Palaeosinopa didelphoides1
Apatemys sp. A2
Proteutheria indet.1
Scenopagus cf. edenensis4
Scenopagus sp.2
cf.
Macrocranion nitens1
Adapisoricidae sp.1
"probably new"
Centetodon bembicophagus1
Centetodon sp.7
Nyctitherium cf. serotinum2
Microsyops cf. scottianus20
Uintasorex cf. parvulus20
Alveojunctus sp.1
Phenacolemurinae indet.8
"cf. Ignacius sp."
Anemorhysis sp.1
cf.
Absarokius cf. noctivagus = †Absarokius cf. abbotti3
Shoshonius cooperi22
Trogolemur amplior1
Beard et al. (1992): "Omomyidae indet."
Notharctus nunienus = †Cantius nunienus3
including "Copelemur consortutus", a synonym)
Notharctus cf. venticolus5
Taeniodonta indet.1
cf.
Esthonyx acutidens1
Viverravus cf. gracilis2
Miacis cf. latidens1
Carnivora indet.1
"cf. Uintacyon sp.": could be Miocyon
Vulpavus canavus3
Coryphodon sp.1
Hyopsodus wortmani23
includes "Hyopsodus paulus" according to Redline (1997)
Hyopsodus sp.1
Phenacodus vortmani1
Phenacodus sp.4
"Phenacodus primaevus"
Equidae indet.10
"Hyracotherium craspedotum": could be Systemodon tapirinum
Hyracotherium vasacciense15
Lambdotherium popoagicum13
Heptodon ventorum = †Heptodon calciculus1
Heptodon ? posticus1
Diacodexis sp.4
includes specimens of Diacodexis minutus and Diacodexis woltonensis according to Krishtalka and Stucky (1985), but exact specimen counts are not given
Diacodexis olseni = †Diacodexis secans5
Bunophorus sinclairi1
Bunophorus sp. A2
Paramys copei16
Paramys excavatus1
Acritoparamys francesi6
Microparamys sp.4
Mattimys kalicola4
Knightomys depressus12
Knightomys huerfanensis3
Pauromys sp.11
Ischyromyidae indet.2