Ferris Formation (UW V-93006) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Leave No Toad Unturned

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 82.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ferris Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• said to be Lancian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14545: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus seminoensis n. sp. Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 multituberculate