East Fork Basin (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Freemont County, Wyoming (43.5° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 98.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Tepee Trail Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)

• about 500 feet above the local base of the Tepee Trail Formation

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Velazco and M. J. Novacek. 2016. Systematics of the genus Palaeictops Matthew, 1899 (Mammalia: Leptictidae), with the description of two new species from the Middle Eocene of Utah and Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 3867:1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189827: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Palaeictops altimontis n. sp. Velazco and Novacek 2016 eutherian