Krause Quarry (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as SC-195

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 (56.8 - 55.8 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 15087: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• meter level said to be 1255 m by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 and appears to be 1260 m in fig. 3
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius3 Granger 1915 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis krausei n. sp.1 Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis proteus2 Polly 1997 placental
Viverravus politus2 Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
presumably includes "V. acutus"
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus praenuntius Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981 elephant shrew