SC-83 (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 90.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• m level not stated by Rose, but given by Butler et al. 1981; Gingerich and Gunnell 1979 present a figure of 915 m, but I believe this is erroneous

•about the middle of chron C25n: Butler et al. 1981

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 15134: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Will Clyde and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus2 Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis cf. dellensis2 Dorr 1952 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis krausei2 Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius clarkforkensis2 Bloch et al. 2007 primate
 Cimolesta -
"Esthonyx xenicus" = Azygonyx xenicus
"Esthonyx xenicus" = Azygonyx xenicus Gingerich and Gunnell 1979 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
? Coryphodon sp.2 Owen 1845 pantodont
 Multituberculata -
Neoliotomus conventus Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae "indet. B"1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle