PBDB Collection

Hallelujah Hill (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as UW V-77005

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 89.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UW

Primary reference: G. F. Winterfeld. 1982. Mammalian paleontology of the Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), eastern Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 21(1):73-112 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 14952: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by K. Christopher Beard

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Taxonomic list

• actual meter level "180 - 182"

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Mammalia
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	"Arctocyon cf. mumak" = Arctocyon acrogenius¹, Thryptacodon australis "Arctocyon cf. mumak" = Arctocyon acrogenius¹ Gazin 1956 condylarth Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae	Ectocion mediotuber⁵ Ectocion mediotuber⁵ Thewissen 1990 condylarth
Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Leptacodon cf. tener Leptacodon cf. tener Matthew and Granger 1921 placental
Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae	Palaeosinopa sp., Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁴ Palaeosinopa sp. Matthew 1901 placental "probably new" Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁴ Russell 1929 placental
Tribosphenida -	Talpavoides dartoni Talpavoides dartoni Bown and Schankler 1982 placental "new unnamed genus and species" of dormaaliid described by Bown and Schankler 1982; UW 9624, the type, is mentioned specifically by Winterfeld
Primates - Paromomyidae	Ignacius frugivorus Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Plesiadapis cf. churchilli, Chiromyoides kesiwah², Nannodectes gidleyi Plesiadapis cf. churchilli Gingerich 1975 primate Chiromyoides kesiwah² Beard et al. 2020 primate Nannodectes gidleyi Matthew 1917 primate
Primates - Carpolestidae	Carpolestinae indet.¹ Carpolestinae indet.¹ Russell 1964 primate
Macroscelidea -	Litocherus lacunatus¹, "Diacocherus minutus" = Adunator minutus¹ Litocherus lacunatus¹ Gazin 1956 elephant shrew "Diacocherus minutus" = Adunator minutus¹ Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Aletodon sp.³, Phenacodaptes sabulosus Aletodon sp.³ Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew Phenacodaptes sabulosus Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew
Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae	Palaeoryctes sp. Palaeoryctes sp. Matthew 1913 eutherian two forms "B" and "C" both said to be new; a third palaeoryctid is also present
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Neoplagiaulax sp., Mesodma pygmaea, Ectypodus cf. powelli Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate Mesodma pygmaea Sloan 1987 multituberculate "M. sp. P of Krishtalka" Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Ptilodus kummae Ptilodus kummae Krause 1977 multituberculate

¹Alroy 2002; ²Beard et al. 2020; ³Gingerich 1983; ⁴Scott et al. 2002; ⁵Thewissen 1990