Battle Mountain (Paleocene of the United States)
Also known as UM-Sub-Wy Locs. 21, 22
Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 110.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 90.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hoback Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be middle Tiffanian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. A. Dorr, Jr. 1978. Revised and Amended Fossil Vertebrate Faunal Lists, Early Tertiary, Hoback Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 16(2):79-84 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 14926: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
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Taxonomic list
• stratigraphic position relative to other Hoback Basin sites indeterminate
Gunnell 1994 lists Ptilodus sp. "C"; not clear if this replaces P. cf. montanus
Gunnell 1994 lists Ptilodus sp. "C"; not clear if this replaces P. cf. montanus
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Mammalia | |
Ptilodus cf. montanus Douglass 1908 multituberculate | |
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Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873 condylarth | |
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Chriacus sp. Cope 1883 condylarth | |
cf. Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 placental | |
Plesiadapis rex Gidley 1923 primate | |
Paromomyidae indet. Simpson 1940 primate |