Mammoth Butte (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Haystack Mountain, Synoplotherium lanius type locality

Where: Sweetwater County, Wyoming (42.7° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 95.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Adobe Town Member (Washakie Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: S. Tomiya, S. P. Zack, M. Spaulding and J. J. Flynn. 2021. Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 95(82):1-115 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223503: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 13.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Synoplotherium lanius n. gen. n. sp.
Synoplotherium lanius n. gen. n. sp. Cope 1872 condylarth