Where: Hot Springs/Washakie County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 50.6° N, 84.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fort Union Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation'
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 14806: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate |