Windy Mudstone (UW V-91005) (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Jaelyn's First

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 84.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ferris Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• said to be middle Puercan

• 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 14797: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• generically identifiable NISP 12
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Eusuchia indet.2 Huxley 1875 crocodilian
UW 27299 ("Leidyosuchus")
 Choristodera -
Champsosaurus sp.2 Cope 1876 choristodere
UW 27288
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Alveugena carbonensis n. sp.1 Eberle 1999 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Periptychidae
Periptychidae indet. Cope 1882 condylarth
Alticonus gazini Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 condylarth
Ectoconus cavigellii n. sp. Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 condylarth
Ampliconus antoni n. sp. Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 condylarth
Mithrandir gillianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Oxyacodon agapetillus Cope 1884 condylarth
Oxyacodon priscilla Matthew 1937 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Loxolophus priscus Cope 1888 condylarth
Loxolophus cf. hyattianus Cope 1885 condylarth
Baioconodon middletoni n. sp. Eberle and Lillegraven 1998 condylarth
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.2 Cuvier 1825 gar
UW 27335
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
"Cyclurus fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus2
"Cyclurus fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus2 Jordan 1927 bowfin
UW 23864