SC-116 (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)

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

PaleoDB collection 15151: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Will Clyde

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• meter level same as SC-19 (see) according to Rose 1981a, Bowen and Bloch 2002
Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius4 Granger 1915 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis proteus3 Polly 1997 placental
 Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae
Arctostylops steini Matthew 1915 placental
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes simpsoni2 Bloch and Gingerich 1998 primate
new specimens
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon rosei Krause 1980 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Gerrhonotus sp.1 Wiegmann 1828 alligator lizard
Melanosaurus maximus1 Gilmore 1928 squamates