Junction (TMM 41444) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 93.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Devil's Graveyard Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1986. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Trans-Pecos Texas: Agua Fria-Green Valley Areas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(4):350-373 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16587: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994

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Taxonomic list

• this is "0.6 miles east of Junction"
underlies Whistler Squat
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae
Stylinodon sp.1 Marsh 1874 taeniodont
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Microparamys minutus5 Wilson 1937 rodent
Thisbemys corrugatus1 Wood 1959 rodent
 Rodentia - Paramyidae
Paramyidae indet.5 Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Pauromys texensis2 Walton 1993 rodent
"sp. 4" also present; includes "Prolapsus sp." of Wood 1973
Prolapsus junctionis n. sp.5 Wood 1973 rodent
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops annectens3 Marsh 1872 primate
 Primates - Notharctidae
Notharctus tenebrosus3 Leidy 1870 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri3 Leidy 1869 tarsier
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon pusillus4 Golz 1976 protoceratid
DUPLICATE REF 3666 or 3706
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus paulus3 Leidy 1870 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium cf. comstocki1 Cope 1884 marsupial
Herpetotherium marsupium3 Troxell 1923 marsupial