West of Elk Mountain (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 94.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Main Body Member (Wasatch Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1962. A Further Study Of The Lower Eocene Mammalian Faunas Of Southwestern Wyoming. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 144(1):1-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 15889: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• low in the local section and shown as beneath Fossil Butte in a figure
multiple localities along four miles of strike; southernmost is in sec 30 T 20N R 119W
multiple localities along four miles of strike; southernmost is in sec 30 T 20N R 119W
Show authors, comments, and common names
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Haplomylus speirianus Cope 1880 elephant shrew | |
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Pachyaena gracilis Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth | |
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Vassacyon cf. promicrodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 placental | |
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Phenacodus cf. vortmani Cope 1880 condylarth | |
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Paramys excavatus Loomis 1907 rodent | |
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