Where: Hot Springs/Washakie County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 86.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Union Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the UW
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14905: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate | |
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Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate | |
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Promioclaenus acolytus Cope 1882 condylarth
Litaletes cf. disjunctus Simpson 1935 condylarth | |
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Anisonchus sectorius Cope 1881 condylarth | |
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Eudaemonema cuspidata Simpson 1935 placental | |
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Pronothodectes jepi Gingerich 1975 primate | |
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Paromomys maturus Gidley 1923 primate | |
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Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929 eutherian
Acmeodon secans Matthew and Granger 1921 eutherian | |
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Gelastops cf. parcus Simpson 1935 eutherian | |
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Aphronorus cf. fraudator Simpson 1935 eutherian | |