Cedar Mountain (UW V-82015) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Hot Springs/Washakie County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 88.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation'

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. E. Hartman. 1986. Paleontology and biostratigraphy of lower part of Polecat Bench Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 24(1):11-63 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15014: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Anconodon cf. cochranensis Russell 1929 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Nannodectes intermedius Gazin 1971 primate
Plesiadapis praecursor Gingerich 1975 primate
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Bryanictis cf. microlestes1 Simpson 1935 placental
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Promioclaenus acolytus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935 elephant shrew
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger 1921 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Pantolestidae
Bessoecetor septentrionalis2 Russell 1929 eutherian
 Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935 eutherian