Blue Lake (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Sanpete County, Utah (39.1° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 90.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: North Horn Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: S. F. Robison. 1986. Paleocene (Puercan-Torrejonian) mammalian faunas of the North Horn Formation, central Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 33(1):87-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 14670: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• about 180 m below upper contact of Fm.
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Actinopteri | |
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Reptilia | |
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
"cf. Proxestops jepseni" = Proxestops silberlingii
"cf. Proxestops jepseni" = Proxestops silberlingii Gilmore 1938 squamates | |
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle | |
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Mammalia | |
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Promioclaenus sp. Trouessart 1904 condylarth | |
Ectoconus symbolus, Periptychus coarctatus, Oxyacodon sp., Oxyacodon ferronensis n. sp., Oxyacodon apiculatus
Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941 condylarth
Oxyacodon ferronensis n. sp. Archibald et al. 1983 condylarth
Oxyacodon apiculatus Osborn and Earle 1895 condylarth | |
Oxyclaenus pugnax Simpson 1935 condylarth
Loxolophus pentacus Cope 1888 condylarth |