SC-72 (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 15124: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Will Clyde

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Chron 24R: Butler et al. 1981
meter level said to be 1435 m by Gunnell and Gingerich 1991 but appears to be 1420 m in fig. 3
Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
Haplomylus simpsoni Rose 1981 elephant shrew
Aletodon gunnelli Gingerich 1977 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Didymictis protenus Cope 1874 placental
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Dipsalidictis aequidens2 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis dubius Matthew 1915 primate
 Cimolesta -
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri
"Esthonyx grangeri" = Azygonyx grangeri Simpson 1937 tillodont
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae "indet. B"1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle