SC-171 (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.6° N, 90.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• based on the meter level, probably very close to the bottom of chron C24r: see Butler et al. 1981

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 15176: 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

• level given by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991
Mammalia
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis krausei2 Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius5 Granger 1915 condylarth
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis dubius Matthew 1915 primate
Plesiadapis gingerichi Rose 1981 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes nigridens4 Simpson 1928 primate
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis praecursor Simpson 1929 uintathere
Probathyopsis harrisorum4 Patterson 1939 uintathere
Reptilia
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus formidabilis" = Borealosuchus formidabilis1
"Leidyosuchus formidabilis" = Borealosuchus formidabilis1 Erickson 1976 crocodilian
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae "indet. A"1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.1 Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Piceoerpeton willwoodense3 Meszoely 1967 salamander
trunk vertebra UM 68429