Buckman Hollow (Paleogene of the United States)

Also known as Almy; La Barge Creek

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.3° N, 110.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.1° N, 81.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chappo Member (Wasatch Formation), Clarkforkian (56.2 - 54.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; pebbly, red, conglomeratic claystone

• "reddish, pebbly clay, partly conglomeratic"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. L. Gazin. 1942. Fossil Mammalia from the Almy Formation in western Wyoming. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(7):217-220 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15075: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Matthew Carrano and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• see also Gazin 1956d, Rose 1981a

•NISP 73

•specimen counts based on Gazin 1956 and exclude new UM collections of Rose

•appears to include "Chappo-12" and "Chappo-18" of Gingerich 1976

•stratigraphic position relative to Chappo Type Locality and Chappo Oil Well indeterminate: see Dorr and Gingerich 1980; contra Gingerich 1976

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Mammalia
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Apheliscus nitidus4
Apheliscus nitidus4 Simpson 1937 elephant shrew
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus cf. praenuntius3
Dissacus cf. praenuntius3 Matthew and Granger 1915 condylarth
 Ferae - Viverravidae
? Viverravus sp.1
? Viverravus sp.1 Marsh 1872 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
"? Anacodon nexus n. sp." = Arctocyon nexus2, Thryptacodon pseudarctos5
"? Anacodon nexus n. sp." = Arctocyon nexus2 Gazin 1956 condylarth
Thryptacodon pseudarctos5 Simpson 1928 condylarth
 Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus3, Phenacodus intermedius1, Phenacodus vortmani1
Ectocion osbornianus3 Cope 1882 condylarth
Phenacodus intermedius1 Granger 1915 condylarth
Phenacodus vortmani1 Cope 1880 condylarth
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestes sp.1
Carpolestes sp.1 Simpson 1928 primate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis dubius1, Plesiadapis dubius3, Plesiadapis cf. cookei
Plesiadapis dubius1 Matthew 1915 primate
Plesiadapis dubius3 Matthew 1915 primate
Plesiadapis cf. cookei Jepsen 1930 primate
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys sp.4
Paramys sp.4 Leidy 1871 rodent
 Taeniodonta - Stylinodontidae
Ectoganus sp.1
Ectoganus sp.1 Cope 1874 taeniodont
 Cimolesta - Barylambdidae
Barylambda faberi1
Barylambda faberi1 Patterson 1933 pantodont
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
? Prochetodon sp.4
? Prochetodon sp.4 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
new UM specimen; described by Krause 1980, 1987b
 Dinocerata - Prodinoceratidae
Probathyopsis cf. harrisorum3
Probathyopsis cf. harrisorum3 Patterson 1939 uintathere
confirmed by Wheeler 1961, Rose 1981a, Thewissen and Gingerich 1987; DUPLICATE REF 1609 or 1610 or 1611 or 4269
1Alroy 2002; 2Gazin 1956; 3Holroyd and Rankin 2014; 4Rose 1981; 5Secord 2008