Rock Springs Uplift (UW V-76008) (Paleocene of the United States)

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 14979: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by K. Christopher Beard

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Chiromyoides sp.1 Stehlin 1916 primate
Plesiadapis fodinatus Jepsen 1930 primate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion mediotuber2 Thewissen 1990 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Lambertocyon eximius Gingerich 1979 condylarth