Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.9° N, 109.1° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 88.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• "late Tiffanian"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: B. G. Naylor and D. W. Krause. 1981. Piceoerpeton, a giant early Tertiary salamander from western North America. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):507-523 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85096: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.11.2008, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prodiacodon cf. tauricinerei Jepsen 1930 eutherian | |
Ectoganus cf. lobdelli Simpson 1929 taeniodont | |
Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen 1990 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
Arctocyon cf. nexus Gazin 1956 condylarth | |
Viverravus laytoni Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental | |
Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen 1930 primate
Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich 1975 primate
Chiromyoides cf. caesor Gingerich 1973 primate | |
Amphibia | |
Piceoerpeton willwoodense Meszoely 1967 salamander |