Crooked Creek Bonanza (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS D-1510

Where: Washakie County, Wyoming (44.0° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 90.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: T. M. Bown, K. D. Rose, E. L. Simons and S. L. Wing. 1994. Distribution and stratigraphic correlation of upper Paleocene and lower Eocene fossil mammal and plant localities of the Fort Union, Willwood, and Tatman formations, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1540:1-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15579: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Omomyidae
Absarokius abbotti Loomis 1906 tarsier
Absarokius metoecus Bown and Rose 1987 tarsier
 Theriamorpha -
Vulpavus canavus Cope 1881 placental
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870 condylarth