Leland Bench Wash (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Utah (40.1° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.8° W)

When: Wagonhound Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• PJW: this is Uinta formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. M. Velazco and M. J. Novacek. 2016. Systematics of the genus Palaeictops Matthew, 1899 (Mammalia: Leptictidae), with the description of two new species from the Middle Eocene of Utah and Wyoming. American Museum Novitates 3867:1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189826: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Leptictida - Leptictidae
Palaeictops robustus n. sp. Velazco and Novacek 2016 eutherian