West End (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 88.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1956. Palaeocene mammalian faunas of the Bison Basin in south-central Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 131(6):1-57 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 15001: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea -
"Litolestes lacunatus" = Litocherus lacunatus
"Litolestes lacunatus" = Litocherus lacunatus Gazin 1956 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus grangeri4, "Gidleyina wyomingensis n. sp." = Ectocion collinus
Phenacodus grangeri4 Simpson 1935 condylarth
large "? P. sp."
"Gidleyina wyomingensis n. sp." = Ectocion collinus Russell 1929 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. australis, "Thryptacodon demari" = Thryptacodon orthogonius, Chriacus pelvidens, Arctocyon cf. ferox1, Mimotricentes fremontensis3
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
"Thryptacodon demari" = Thryptacodon orthogonius Russell 1929 condylarth
includes "T. belli"
Chriacus pelvidens Cope 1881 condylarth
Arctocyon cf. ferox1 Cope 1883 condylarth
Mimotricentes fremontensis3 Gazin 1956 condylarth
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis rex2, Nannodectes simpsoni2
Plesiadapis rex2 Gidley 1923 primate
Nannodectes simpsoni2 Gazin 1956 primate
presumably = "Plesiadapis jepseni" (see discussion)
 Pantodonta -
Pantodonta indet.
1Alroy 2002; 2Gingerich 1976; 3Gingerich 1979; 4Thewissen 1990