Cedar Mountain (UW V-82004): Torrejonian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Jepsenella cf. praepropera Simpson 1940
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Propalaeosinopa diluculi (Simpson 1935)
    = Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Aphronorus fraudator Simpson 1935
Aphronorus cf. ratatoski Winterfeld 1982
Coriphagus montanus Douglass 1908
Mammalia - Cimolestidae
Acmeodon ? secans Matthew and Granger 1921
Gelastops cf. parcus Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Litocherus cf. lacunatus (Gazin 1956)
Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Litomylus dissentaneus Simpson 1935
Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Adunator cf. ladae (Simpson 1935)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Litaletes disjunctus Simpson 1935
Promioclaenus acolytus (Cope 1882)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Chriacidae
Prothryptacodon cf. hilli (Rigby 1980)
Mammalia - Periptychidae
Anisonchus sectorius (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Protictis sp. (Matthew)
sensu stricto
Protictis microlestes (Simpson 1935)
    = Bryanictis microlestes Simpson 1935
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Tetraclaenodon puercensis (Cope 1881)
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Chriacus orthogonius Russell 1929
    = Thryptacodon orthogonius Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mimotricentes subtrigonus (Cope 1881)
recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus
Chriacus cf. baldwini (Cope 1882)
(1 measurement)
Claenodon montanensis (Gidley 1919)
    = Arctocyon cf. montanensis Gidley 1919
Alroy 2002
synonym of Arctocyon corrugatus
Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae
cf. Palenochtha sp. Simpson 1935
Palenochtha minor (Gidley 1923)
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Picrodus silberlingi Douglass 1908
(1 measurement)
    = Picrodus calgariensis Scott and Fox 2005
Scott and Fox 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Pronothodectes jepi Gingerich 1975
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Palaechthon sp. Gidley 1923
    = Paromomyidae indet. Simpson 1940
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Anconodon cf. cochranensis (Russell 1929)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax ? grangeri (Simpson 1935)
Ectypodus sylviae Rigby 1980
    = Parectypodus cf. sylviae Rigby 1980
Alroy 2002
Mimetodon silberlingi (Simpson 1935)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Hot Springs/Washakie
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 108.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.3° North, 86.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Torrejonian
Age range of interval:63.30000 - 61.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Local section:Cedar Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:405 specimens
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:14898
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2021-03-16 09:20:31
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

829. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
14679 C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]