WU-72 (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Devil's Playground

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.1° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Uinta Formation, Early/Lower Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• "lower within the Uinta B2 member, which is early Uintan (Ui2)"

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1993-1995; reposited in the CM

Primary reference: R. H. Dunn and D. T. Rasmussen. 2009. Skeletal morphology of a new genus of Eocene insectivore (Mammalia, Erinaceomorpha) from Utah. Journal of Mammalogy 90(2):321-331 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93089: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae
Zionodon satanus n. gen. n. sp.
Zionodon satanus n. gen. n. sp. Dunn and Rasmussen 2009 elephant shrew