PBDB Collection

Red Creek (Paleogene of the United States)

Where: Teton County, Wyoming (43.9° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 92.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lower Variegated Sequence Formation, Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. C. McKenna. 1980. Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary vertebrate paleontological reconnaissance, Togwotee Pass area, northwestern Wyoming. Aspects of Vertebrate History: Essays in Honor of Edwin Harris Colbert, L. L. Jacobs (ed.), Museum of Northern Arizona Press 323-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

PaleoDB collection 15092: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• apparently in the Purdy Basin
"Paramys cf. atavus": not discussed by Dawson and Beard 1996

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Mammalia
Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae	Ectoganus gliriformis³, Ectoganus copei³ Ectoganus gliriformis³ Cope 1874 taeniodont Ectoganus copei³ Schoch 1981 taeniodont
Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae	Coryphodon sp. Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
Cimolesta -	"Esthonyx ancylion" = Azygonyx ancylion "Esthonyx ancylion" = Azygonyx ancylion Gingerich and Gunnell 1979 tillodont
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Aletodon gunnelli, Apheliscus sp.¹, Haplomylus sp. Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew Apheliscus sp.¹ Cope 1875 elephant shrew Haplomylus sp. Matthew 1915 elephant shrew said to be new; "K. D. Rose, in press"
Acreodi - Mesonychidae	Dissacus praenuntius Dissacus praenuntius Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae	Ectocion osbornianus, Ectocion parvus, Phenacodus sp.¹, Phenacodus vortmani Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth Ectocion parvus Granger 1915 condylarth Phenacodus sp.¹ Cope 1873 condylarth Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	"? Anacodon nexus" = Arctocyon nexus, ? Chriacus sp. "? Anacodon nexus" = Arctocyon nexus Gazin 1956 condylarth ? Chriacus sp. Cope 1883 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Viverravus cf. acutus, Viverravus politus, Didymictis protenus Viverravus cf. acutus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental Viverravus politus Matthew and Granger 1915 placental Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 placental "Didymictis protenus protenus":
Creodonta - Oxyaenidae	Dipsalidictis transiens¹, Dipsalidictis platypus¹, Dipsalodon churchillorum², ? Dipsalodon matthewi Dipsalidictis transiens¹ Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont Dipsalidictis platypus¹ Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont Dipsalodon churchillorum² Rose 1981 creodont ? Dipsalodon matthewi Jepsen 1930 creodont
Creodonta -	cf. Prolimnocyon atavus cf. Prolimnocyon atavus Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae	Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Leipsanolestes siegfriedti Simpson 1928 placental
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Palaeosinopa didelphoides, Palaeosinopa cf. didelphoides Palaeosinopa didelphoides Cope 1881 placental Palaeosinopa cf. didelphoides Cope 1881 placental
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Ischyromyidae indet., Paramys cf. excavatus Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876 rodent Paramys cf. excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent said to be Wasatchian "elsewhere"
Theriamorpha - Arctostylopidae	Arctostylops steini Arctostylops steini Matthew 1915 placental
Dermoptera -	cf. Planetetherium mirabile cf. Planetetherium mirabile Simpson 1928 colugo
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Plesiadapis dubius, Plesiadapis cookei Plesiadapis dubius Matthew 1915 primate Plesiadapis cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
Primates - Carpolestidae	Carpolestes cf. nigridens Carpolestes cf. nigridens Simpson 1928 primate
Primates - Paromomyidae	Dillerlemur pagei¹ Dillerlemur pagei¹ Jepsen 1930 primate

¹Alroy 2002; ²Rose 1981; ³Schoch 1986