Where: Washington County, Colorado (40.2° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 41.6° N, 94.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: White River Group, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• "site consists of White River Group exposures... probably Chadronian"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: DMNH collection
Primary reference: R. J. Asher, M. C. McKenna, R. J. Emry, A. R. Tabrum, and D. G. Kron. 2002. Morphology and relationships of Apternodus and other extinct, zalambdodont, placental mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 273:1-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27244: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 24.11.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Protoceratidae indet. Marsh 1891 protoceratid | |
Apternodus iliffensis Galbreath 1953 placental | |
Cylindrodontidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent |