PBDB Collection

Turtle Basin (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 102.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Brian Head" Formation, Duchesnean (39.7 - 37.0 Ma)

• said to be Duchesnean

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton, J. H. Hutchison, P. A. Holroyd, W. W. Korth, and P. M. Goldstrand. 1999. Vertebrates of the Turtle Basin local fauna, Middle Eocene, Sevier Plateau, south-central Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:463-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 16877: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.10.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• field area includes Garfield and Kane counties, but arrow on map points to a location well within the formercomposite of several localities spanning at least 60 m

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Gnathostomata
-	Osteichthyes indet. Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
Aves
Neornithes -	Neornithes indet. Neornithes indet. Gadow 1893 bird
Reptilia
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Alligator sp. Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator
Testudines - Carettochelyidae	Carettochelyidae indet. Carettochelyidae indet. turtle "Anosteira sp. or Pseudanosteira sp."
Testudines - Pantrionychidae	Plastomenus sp. Plastomenus sp. Cope 1873 turtle
Testudines - Emydidae	"Bataguridae indet." = Batagurinae "Bataguridae indet." = Batagurinae Gray 1870 turtle
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Echmatemys sp., "Rhinoclemys" sp. Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906 turtle said to be new "Rhinoclemys" sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle said to be new
Testudines - Trionychidae	Apalone sp. Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle
Testudines - Kinosternoidea	Baptemys sp. Baptemys sp. Leidy 1870 mud turtle said to be new
Testudines - Chelydridae	Chelydridae indet. Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle
Mammalia
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae	Brontotheriidae indet. Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere
Perissodactyla - Helaletidae	? Helaletidae indet. ? Helaletidae indet. Osborn 1892 odd-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae	Heptacodon sp., Aepinacodon sp. Heptacodon sp. Marsh 1894 anthracothere Aepinacodon sp. Troxell 1921 anthracothere
Rodentia - Simimyidae	cf. Simimys sp.² cf. Simimys sp.² Wilson 1935 rodent
Rodentia - Heliscomyidae	Passaliscomys priscus n. gen. n. sp.² Passaliscomys priscus n. gen. n. sp.² Korth and Eaton 2004 rodent said to be a new genus; table lists "Heteromyidae" but this is clearly an error
Rodentia -	Griphomys sp.² Griphomys sp.² Wilson 1940 rodent
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Metanoiamys lacus², Paradjidaumo cf. alberti, Cristadjidaumo mckennai n. gen. n. sp.², cf. Orelladjidaumo sp.² Metanoiamys lacus² Storer 1987 rodent Paradjidaumo cf. alberti Russell 1954 rodent Cristadjidaumo mckennai n. gen. n. sp.² Korth and Eaton 2004 rodent said to be new cf. Orelladjidaumo sp.² Korth 1989 rodent
Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae	"Peratherium cf. innominatum" = Herpetotherium innominatum² "Peratherium cf. innominatum" = Herpetotherium innominatum² Simpson 1928 marsupial
Actinopteri
Esociformes - Esocidae	Esocidae indet. Esocidae indet. Cuvier 1817
Cypriniformes - Catostomidae	cf. Catostomidae indet. cf. Catostomidae indet. carp-like fish
Siluriformes - Ictaluridae	Ictaluridae indet. Ictaluridae indet. Gill 1861 catfish
Amiiformes - Amiidae	Amia uintensis Amia uintensis bowfin
Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae	Lepisosteidae indet. Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes -	Saltirius utahensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Saltirius utahensis n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cook et al. 2014 stingray

¹Cook et al. 2014; ²Korth and Eaton 2004