Granger Mountain (Paleogene of the United States)

Also known as SC-90

Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.3° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 90.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UMMP

Primary reference: K. D. Rose. 1981. The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal Age and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 26:1-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

PaleoDB collection 15084: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• meter level said to be 1455 m by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 and appears to be 1440 m in fig. 3
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Aletodon gunnelli n. sp.1 Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew
Aletodon gunnelli3 Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981 elephant shrew
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus intermedius4 Granger 1915 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis aequidens2 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Ferae -
Uintacyon rudis Rose 1981 placental
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 placental
 Dermoptera -
Plagiomene accola Rose 1981 colugo
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur praecox Matthew 1915 primate
 Cimolesta -
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri Simpson 1937 tillodont