West Bijou Creek-1 (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as UCM loc. 78191

Where: Elbert County, Colorado (39.4° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 45.6° N, 82.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. D. Middleton. 1983. Early Paleocene vertebrates of the Denver Basin, Colorado. 1-404 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 14792: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Prodesmodon copei Estes 1964 salamander
 Caudata - Urodela
Urodela indet. salamander
Habrosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928 siren
Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Periptychidae
Periptychus coarctatus Cope 1883 condylarth
Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882 condylarth
Anisonchus cf. athelas Van Valen 1978 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Loxolophus hyattianus Cope 1885 condylarth
 Condylarthra -
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
"Mioclaenidae indet." = Hyopsodontidae
"Mioclaenidae indet." = Hyopsodontidae Trouessart 1879 condylarth
presumably includes "early species of Promioclaenus" mentioned by Van Valen 1988, which could be Tiznatzinia