FG-42 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Willwood Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the UMMP

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• Wa-1

Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich and H. A. Deutsch. 1989. Systematics and Evolution of Early Eocene Hyaenodontidae (Mammalia, Creodonta) in the Clarks Fork Basin, Wyoming. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(13):327-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15590: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Leah Gannon

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius ralstoni1 Matthew 1915 primate
 Creodonta - Oxyaenidae
Palaeonictis occidentalis2 Osborn 1892 creodont
Dipsalidictis transiens1 Matthew and Granger 1915 creodont
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Arfia zele Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
Prototomus phobos Gingerich and Deutsch 1989 creodont
 Theriamorpha -
Uintacyon rudis1 Rose 1981 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri1
"Hyracotherium grangeri" = Sifrhippus grangeri1 Gingerich 1989 horse
 Perissodactyla -
Cardiolophus radinskyi1 Gingerich 1991 odd-toed ungulate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus1 Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius1 Granger 1915 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani1 Cope 1880 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Palaeosinopa incerta1 Bown and Schankler 1982 placental
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus loomisi1 McKenna 1960 condylarth
 Cimolesta -
Azygonyx sp.1 Gingerich 1989 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Esthonychidae
Esthonyx spatularius1 Cope 1880 tillodont
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon eocaenus1 Owen 1846 pantodont
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
Aves
 Gruiformes - Eogruidae
Eogruidae indet.1 Wetmore 1934 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Allognathosuchus sp.1 Mook 1921 crocodilian