Also known as CM loc. 3683; KU-WY-136
Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (41.8° N, 108.6° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 89.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ti5 mammal zone, Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be from upper part of Fort Union Formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. G. Mattingly, O. Sanisidro, and K. C. Beard. 2017. A new species of Carpolestes (Mammalia, Plesiadapoidea) from the late Paleocene of southern Wyoming: assessing changes in size and shape during the evolution of a key anatomical feature. Historical Biology [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 187515: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 31.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Probathyopsis sp. Simpson 1929 uintathere | |
Phenacodaptes sp. Jepsen 1930 elephant shrew | |
Carpolestes twelvemilensis n. sp.
Carpolestes twelvemilensis n. sp. Mattingly et al. 2017 primate |