Ferris Formation (UW V-93047) (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as The Last Day

Where: Carbon County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 84.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ferris Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• said to be late Puercan - but considered Lancian in ref 2236

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: J. J. Eberle and J. A. Lillegraven. 1998. A new important record of earliest Cenozoic mammalian history: geologic setting, Multituberculata, and Peradectia. Rocky Mountain Geology 33(1):3-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14735: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• mistakenly listed as "La" = Lancian by Lillegraven and Eberle 1999
Mammalia
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866 condylarth
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian
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