SC-10 (Paleogene of the United States)

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: 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 15097: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus, Haplomylus simpsoni
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981 elephant shrew
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet.1, Arctodontomys simplicidens2
Microsyopidae indet.1 Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
Arctodontomys simplicidens2 Rose 1981 primate
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus, Phenacodus intermedius4, Phenacodus vortmani
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius4 Granger 1915 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
 Ferae - Viverravidae
Viverravus acutus3
Viverravus acutus3 Matthew and Granger 1915 placental
 Cimolesta -
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri Simpson 1937 tillodont
1Alroy 2002; 2Gunnell 1985; 3Polly 1997; 4Thewissen 1990