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Farisita, Huerfano County, Colorado, USA

Formation	Farisita
Age:	50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene
Interval	Wasatchian
Lithology	mudstone
Number of Collections	4
Number of Occurrences	10

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Dug Springs/Sand Arroyos	Huerfano County, Colorado, USA	Farisita

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Cuchara	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene		4
Huerfano	50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene	mudstone	175

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Bunophorus pattersoni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Diacodexeidae : Bunophorus : *Bunophorus pattersoni*	50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene
Bunophorus sinclairi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Diacodexeidae : Bunophorus : *Bunophorus sinclairi*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Hyopsodus walcottianus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : Hyopsodus : *Hyopsodus walcottianus*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Metacheiromys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Metacheiromyidae : *Metacheiromys*	50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene
Viverravus gracilis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Viverravidae : Viverravus : *Viverravus gracilis*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Lambdotherium popoagicum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae : Lambdotherium : *Lambdotherium popoagicum*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Protorohippus venticolum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Protorohippus : *Protorohippus venticolum*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Heptodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Helaletidae : *Heptodon*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Hyracotherium vasacciense species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Hyracotherium : *Hyracotherium vasacciense*	50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene
Microsyops scottianus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Microsyopidae : Microsyops : *Microsyops scottianus*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene

References

Robinson P. (1966) Fossil Mammalia of the Huerfano Formation, Eocene, of Colorado, Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 21, 1-95

Stucky R. K., Krishtalka L. (1990) Revision of the Wind River Faunas, Early Eocene of Central Wyoming. Part 10. Bunophorus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla), Annals of Carnegie Museum 59 2, 149-171

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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