Rainbow Valley (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as SC-234

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 15091: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Will Clyde, Patricia Holroyd and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis praecursor Simpson 1929 uintathere
 Dermoptera -
Plagiomene accola Rose 1981 colugo
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
described by Thewissen 1990
Phenacodus intermedius7 Granger 1915 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Princetonia yalensis3 Gingerich 1989 condylarth
Thryptacodon cf. antiquus Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis aequidens1 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis proteus6 Polly 1997 placental
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981 elephant shrew
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Cimolesta - Cyriacotheriidae
Cyriacotherium psamminum Rose and Krause 1982 pantodont
 Cimolesta -
"Esthonyx ancylion" = Azygonyx ancylion
"Esthonyx ancylion" = Azygonyx ancylion Gingerich and Gunnell 1979 tillodont
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baenidae indet.2 Cope 1882 turtle
 Testudines - Panchelydridae
Panchelydridae indet.5 Joyce et al. 2004 turtle
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Cardichelyon rogerwoodi4 Hutchison 2013 mud turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae "indet. A"2 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Loricata -
"Leidyosuchus formidabilis" = Borealosuchus formidabilis2
"Leidyosuchus formidabilis" = Borealosuchus formidabilis2 Erickson 1976 crocodilian