Paint Creek (Paleogene of the United States)
Also known as SC-143
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: D. W. Krause. 1986. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 15089: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Will Clyde and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Jepsen 1940 considers this Wasatchian
level unknown
record of "Pelycodus" reported by Gingerich 1976 is probably spurious: Gingerich and Simons 1977
level unknown
record of "Pelycodus" reported by Gingerich 1976 is probably spurious: Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
"cf. Diacocherus minutus" = Adunator minutus1
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Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew | |
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"Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei9, "Dillerlemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei1, Phenacolemur praecox
Phenacolemur praecox Matthew 1915 primate | |
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Plesiadapis gingerichi3, Plesiadapis cookei, Plesiadapis dubius, Chiromyoides major n. sp.4, Chiromyoides major9
Plesiadapis cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
Plesiadapis dubius Matthew 1915 primate | |
cf. Pontifactor bestiola West 1974 placental
cf. Plagioctenodon krausae Bown 1979 placental | |
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth | |
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Palaeanodon ? parvulus Matthew 1918 placental | |
Thryptacodon cf. pseudarctos Simpson 1928 condylarth | |
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth | |
Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929 eutherian | |
Probathyopsis sp. Simpson 1929 uintathere may or may not include type of P. successor; Gingerich 1980b seems to be sure of the provenance, but Rose is equivocal
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Microcosmodon rosei Krause 1980 multituberculate | |
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Ectypodus powelli, "Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
"Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate | |
Neoliotomus conventus6 Jepsen 1930 multituberculate Jepsen's type, not clear why this is omitted by Krause 1986
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