Gas Tank Hill (Paleocene of the United States)
Also known as Flagstaff Peak; RAM Locality V20035; Utah loc. 42Em443V
Where: Emery County, Utah (39.0° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 89.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: North Horn Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"
• "floodplains" (Lofgren et al. 2005)
Collection methods: surface (float)
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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14739: 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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Mammalia | |
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Anisonchus athelas Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882 condylarth | |
Loxolophus sp. Cope 1885 condylarth | |
Desmatoclaenus sp. Gazin 1941 placental | |
Reptilia | |
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle | |
Actinopteri | |
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |
Gastropoda | |
cf. Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Plesielliptio sp." = Elliptio (Plesielliptio)
"Plesielliptio sp." = Elliptio (Plesielliptio) Russell 1934 freshwater mussel |