Crowbar Creek (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Tiffany (in part)

Where: La Plata County, Colorado (37.2° N, 107.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 89.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. B. Reeside, Jr. 1924. Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary formations of the western part of the San Juan Basin of Colorado and New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 134:1-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 14943: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• "lower 100 feet of 'Tiffany' zone"
sec 11 T 34 N R 6 W; this appears to be just west of the county line
Mammalia
 Taeniodonta - Stylinodontidae
Psittacotherium sp. Cope 1882 taeniodont
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyonidae indet.1 Murray 1866 condylarth
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus vortmani2 Cope 1880 condylarth
"Tetraclaenodon or Phenacodus" in part
Phenacodus grangeri2 Simpson 1935 condylarth
"Tetraclaenodon or Phenacodus" in part