FG-6 (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.7° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 89.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Union Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

• "Early to middle Clarkforkian (Cf1 to Cf2)"

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

Primary reference: D. W. Krause. 1987. Systematic Revision of the Genus Prochetodon (Ptilodontidae, Multituberculata) from the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene of Western North America. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(8):221-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15082: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Leah Gannon and Will Clyde

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Zone Cf-2
unclassified
  -
Amphibia
 Salientia -
 Caudata - Urodela
Piceoerpeton willwoodense7 Meszoely 1967 salamander
 Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp.4 Auffenberg 1961 salamander
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Odaxosaurus piger2 Gilmore 1928 squamates
Xestops sp.4 Cope 1873 squamates
Melanosaurus maximus4 Gilmore 1928 squamates
Melanosaurus maximus2 Gilmore 1928 squamates
Machaerosaurus sp.4 Gilmore 1928 squamates
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.4 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
cf. Plastomenus sp.4 Cope 1873 turtle
Mammalia
 Multituberculata -
Neoliotomus conventus6 Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Prochetodon taxus1 Krause 1987 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
"Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni6, Ectypodus powelli6
"Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni6 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Ectypodus powelli6 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon rosei6 Krause 1980 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae
? Ectoganus sp.4 Cope 1874 taeniodont
 Macroscelidea -
"cf. Diacodon minutus" = Adunator minutus4
"cf. Diacodon minutus" = Adunator minutus4 Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus sp.4 Cope 1875 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Viverravus sp.4 Marsh 1872 placental
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus4 Cope 1882 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
"? Chriacus sp." = Chriacus4, "Tricentes sp." = Chriacus4
"? Chriacus sp." = Chriacus4 Cope 1883 condylarth
"Tricentes sp." = Chriacus4 Cope 1883 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Palaeosinopa sp.4 Matthew 1901 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Leipsanolestes siegfriedti4 Simpson 1928 placental
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes simpsoni3 Bloch and Gingerich 1998 primate
Carpolestes nigridens4 Simpson 1928 primate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis cookei4 Jepsen 1930 primate
Plesiadapis dubius4 Matthew 1915 primate
Chiromyoides major4 Gingerich 1975 primate
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Arctodontomys simplicidens5 Rose 1981 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius graybullianus4 Bown and Rose 1976 primate
Phenacolemur simonsi4 Bown and Rose 1976 primate
"Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei4 Jepsen 1930 primate
 Dermoptera -
Worlandia inusitata4 Bown and Rose 1979 colugo
Plagiomene accola4 Rose 1981 colugo
 Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctes sp.4 Matthew 1913 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes chesteri4 Gazin 1952 marsupial