SC-265 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 91.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell. 1985. Systematics of Early Eocene Microsyopinae (Mammalia, Primates) in the Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(2):51-71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15807: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• meter level based on Bown and Rose 1987: 1520 m added to their figure, which is from the base of the Willwood
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus scottianus3 Gingerich 1994 elephant shrew
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix2
"Hyracotherium pernix" = Arenahippus pernix2 Marsh 1876 horse
 Perissodactyla -
Homogalax protapirinus2 Wortman 1896 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Paleomoropus jepseni n. gen. n. sp.2
Paleomoropus jepseni n. gen. n. sp.2 Radinsky 1964 odd-toed ungulate
"Locality SC-265 is about three miles south of Jepscn's Camp 81, and, considering that he had no detailed maps, this is very possibly the locality where PU 13254 was found."
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus acutus5 Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
Didymictis protenus5 Cope 1874 placental
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prototomus robustus4 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Arfia opisthotoma4 Matthew 1901 creodont
 Primates - Omomyidae
Pseudotetonius ambiguus1 Matthew 1915 tarsier
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops angustidens Matthew 1915 primate