UMMP SC-266 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.9° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.8° N, 88.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ti-5a mammal zone, Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192 [K. Beard/K. Beard]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 190437: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 07.12.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen 1930 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes dubius Jepsen 1930 primate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon cf. nexus Gazin 1956 condylarth
Princetonia cf. yalensis Gingerich 1989 condylarth
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Phenacodaptes sabulosus Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew