Cedar Mountain (UW V-82007): Puercan, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Hot Springs/Washakie
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 108.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:54.5° North, 71.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
Stage: Danian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Puercan
Age range of interval: 66 - 63.8 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Union
Local section:Cedar Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Earlier literature referred to this as the 'Polecat Bench Formation'
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:UW
Metadata
Database number:14804
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
829. J. E. Hartman. 1986. Paleontology and biostratigraphy of lower part of Polecat Bench Formation, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 24(1):11-63 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]