PBDB Collection

Cedar Mountain (UW V-82040) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Hot Springs/Washakie County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 108.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 53.8° N, 73.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. E. Hartman. 1986. Paleontology and biostratigraphy of lower part of Polecat Bench Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 24(1):11-63 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14904: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Ptilodus sp. Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Haplaletes disceptatrix Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935 elephant shrew
Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae	Bessoecetor septentrionalis² Bessoecetor septentrionalis² Russell 1929 placental
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	Thryptacodon orthogonius² Thryptacodon orthogonius² Russell 1929 condylarth
Ferae - Viverravidae	Bryanictis microlestes¹ Bryanictis microlestes¹ Simpson 1935 placental
Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae	Coriphagus montanus Coriphagus montanus Douglass 1908 placental
Primates - Palaechthonidae	Palaechthonidae indet.¹ Palaechthonidae indet.¹ Szalay 1969 primate
Primates - Paromomyidae	Paromomys cf. depressidens, Paromomys maturus Paromomys cf. depressidens Gidley 1923 primate Paromomys maturus Gidley 1923 primate
Tribosphenida - Mixodectidae	Eudaemonema cf. cuspidata Eudaemonema cf. cuspidata Simpson 1935 placental
Leptictida - Leptictidae	Prodiacodon sp. Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929 eutherian

¹Alroy 2002; ²Scott et al. 2002