Titanoides Locality (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Bell's Locality

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 88.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 14997: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• NOT the same as the Titanoides zeuxis Locality from the Crazy Mountain Basin or Witter, which is the type locality of T. primaevus
center sec 2 T 56 N R 99 W
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
"Haplaletes serior n. sp." = Utemylus serior
"Haplaletes serior n. sp." = Utemylus serior Gazin 1956 elephant shrew
UW 1078
 Macroscelidea -
"Litolestes lacunatus n. sp." = Litocherus lacunatus
"Litolestes lacunatus n. sp." = Litocherus lacunatus Gazin 1956 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus grangeri4 Simpson 1935 condylarth
large "? P. sp."
Ectocion cf. collinus1 Russell 1929 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Thryptacodon cf. orthogonius3 Russell 1929 condylarth
Arctocyon cf. ferox1 Cope 1883 condylarth
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis fodinatus2 Jepsen 1930 primate
 Cimolesta - Titanoideidae
Titanoides primaevus Gidley 1917 pantodont
described by Simons 1960