MP-78 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• "zone Wa7, Lostcabinian subage"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell. 2002. Notharctine primates (Adapiformes) from the early to middle Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) of Wyoming: transitional species and the origins of Notharctus and Smilodectes. Journal of Human Evolution 43(3):353-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88210: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius simonsi n. sp. Gunnell 2002 primate