UCMP V74158, West Saddle (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 88.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232901: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 07.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Glyptosaurinae indet. Marsh 1872 squamates