West End (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 52.0° N, 76.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
PaleoDB collection 15001: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Pantodonta indet. pantodont | |
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"Gidleyina wyomingensis n. sp." = Ectocion collinus Russell 1929 condylarth | |
Arctocyon cf. ferox1, "Thryptacodon demari" = Thryptacodon orthogonius, Thryptacodon cf. australis, Chriacus pelvidens, Mimotricentes fremontensis3
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Chriacus pelvidens Cope 1881 condylarth | |
"Litolestes lacunatus" = Litocherus lacunatus
"Litolestes lacunatus" = Litocherus lacunatus Gazin 1956 elephant shrew |