Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 50.2° N, 88.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• meter level said to be 840 m by Butler et al. 1981 but shown at about 810 m by Secord et al. 2006; SC-85 is topographically higher (1985 UM map) but no stratigraphic distinction is made by Butler et al.
•near the bottom of chron C25n according to both Butler et al. 1981 and Secord et al. 2006
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell and P. D. Gingerich. 1991. Systematics and Evolution of Late Paleocene and Early Eocene Oxyaenidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 28(7):141-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 15056: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Dipsalodon churchillorum Rose 1981 creodont | |
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