SC-389 (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.9° N, 108.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 53.4° N, 77.6° W (Wright 2013)

When: Late/Upper Paleocene (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Secord. 2008. The Tiffanian Land-Mammal Age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 35:1-192 [K. Beard/K. Beard]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188220: authorized by K. Christopher Beard, entered by K. Christopher Beard on 25.08.2017, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis harrisorum
Probathyopsis harrisorum Patterson 1939 uintathere
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis simonsi, Plesiadapis cf. dubius
Plesiadapis simonsi Gingerich 1975 primate
Plesiadapis cf. dubius Matthew 1915 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes dubius
Carpolestes dubius Jepsen 1930 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
"Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei
"Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei Jepsen 1930 primate
 Dermoptera -
Plagiomene zalmouti n. sp.
Plagiomene zalmouti n. sp. Secord 2008 colugo
cited as "cf. Plagiomene zalmouti"
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Didymictis dellensis
Didymictis dellensis Dorr 1952 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon cf. nexus, Princetonia cf. yalensis
Arctocyon cf. nexus Gazin 1956 condylarth
Princetonia cf. yalensis Gingerich 1989 condylarth
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus vortmani, Phenacodus grangeri, Ectocion mediotuber
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935 condylarth
Ectocion mediotuber Thewissen 1990 condylarth