Barylambda Type Locality (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as FMNH 6-C-47

Where: Mesa County, Colorado (39.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 90.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: DeBeque Formation, Clarkforkian (56.8 - 55.8 Ma)

• said to be Clarkforkian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the FMNH

Primary reference: A. J. Kihm. 1984. Early Eocene Mammalian Fauna of the Piceance Creek Basin. Northwestern Colorado. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15234: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cimolesta - Barylambdidae
Barylambda faberi n. sp. Patterson 1933 pantodont
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Palaeonictis occidentalis2 Osborn 1892 creodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus sp.1 Cope 1873 condylarth