Where: Park County, Wyoming (44.6° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 91.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willwod Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• "zone Wa7, Lostcabinian subage"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: G. F. Gunnell. 2002. Notharctine primates (Adapiformes) from the early to middle Eocene (Wasatchian-Bridgerian) of Wyoming: transitional species and the origins of Notharctus and Smilodectes. Journal of Human Evolution 43(3):353-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88210: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cantius simonsi n. sp.
Cantius simonsi n. sp. Gunnell 2002 primate |