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

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Taxonomic list

• Jepsen 1940 considers this Wasatchian
level unknown
record of "Pelycodus" reported by Gingerich 1976 is probably spurious: Gingerich and Simons 1977
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew
Aletodon gunnelli9 Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew
 Macroscelidea -
"cf. Diacocherus minutus" = Adunator minutus1
"cf. Diacocherus minutus" = Adunator minutus1 Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis proteus8 Polly 1997 placental
 Theriamorpha - Metacheiromyidae
Palaeanodon ? parvulus Matthew 1918 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Princetonia yalensis5 Gingerich 1989 condylarth
most specimens of "cf. Tricentes sp."
Thryptacodon cf. pseudarctos Simpson 1928 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodontidae indet.1 Cope 1881 condylarth
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
cf. Plagioctenodon krausae Bown 1979 placental
cf. Pontifactor bestiola West 1974 placental
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Phenacolemur praecox, "Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei9, "Dillerlemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei1
Phenacolemur praecox Matthew 1915 primate
"Phenacolemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei9 Jepsen 1930 primate
"Dillerlemur pagei" = Dillerlemur pagei1 Jepsen 1930 primate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Chiromyoides major n. sp.4 Gingerich 1975 primate
Chiromyoides major9 Gingerich 1975 primate
Plesiadapis dubius Matthew 1915 primate
Plesiadapis cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
Plesiadapis gingerichi3 Rose 1981 primate
one new specimen
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes simpsoni3 Bloch and Gingerich 1998 primate
one new specimen
Carpolestes nigridens Simpson 1928 primate
OK according to Bloch and Gingerich 1998
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Arctodontomys simplicidens1 Rose 1981 primate
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Labidolemur kayi Simpson 1929 eutherian
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
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
 Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon rosei Krause 1980 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
"Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni, Ectypodus powelli
"Parectypodus laytoni" = Ectypodus laytoni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Ectypodus powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Prochetodon taxus7 Krause 1987 multituberculate
 Multituberculata -
Neoliotomus conventus6 Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
Jepsen's type, not clear why this is omitted by Krause 1986
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Melanosaurus maximus2 Gilmore 1928 squamates
Machaerosaurus torrejonensis2 Gilmore 1928 squamates