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

Where: Hot Springs/Washakie County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 86.0° W)

• 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
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplaletes disceptatrix
Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935 elephant shrew
 Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae
Coriphagus montanus
Coriphagus montanus Douglass 1908 placental
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Bryanictis microlestes1
Bryanictis microlestes1 Simpson 1935 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon orthogonius2
Thryptacodon orthogonius2 Russell 1929 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Bessoecetor septentrionalis2
Bessoecetor septentrionalis2 Russell 1929 placental
 Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae
Eudaemonema cf. cuspidata
Eudaemonema cf. cuspidata Simpson 1935 placental
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Paromomys cf. depressidens, Paromomys maturus
Paromomys cf. depressidens Gidley 1923 primate
Paromomys maturus Gidley 1923 primate
 Primates - Palaechthonidae
Palaechthonidae indet.1
Palaechthonidae indet.1 Szalay 1969 primate
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon sp.
Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929 eutherian
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp.
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate
1Alroy 2002; 2Scott et al. 2002