Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.2° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 98.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wagonhound Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: L. Krishtalka, R. K. Stucky, R. M. West, M. C. McKenna, C. C. Black, T. M. Bown, M. R. Dawson, D. J. Golz, J. J. Flynn, J. A. Lillegraven, and W. D. Turnbull. 1987. Eocene (Wasatchian through Duchesnean) biochronology of North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 77-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16656: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
stratigraphically questionable record of Oromeryx plicatus listed by Prothero 1996a
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Mesonyx obtusidens3 Cope 1872 condylarth probably the Metarhinus Beds material of Mesonyx mentioned by Riggs 1912
Harpagolestes uintensis5 Scott 1888 condylarth probably "H. sp." of Riggs 1912 from White River Canyon; possibly H. uintensis of Peterson 1919 from "horizon B" in Wagonhound Bend Canyon; probably includes type of Scott and Osborn 1887
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Metarhinus fluviatilis n. sp.2, Metarhinus diploconus6, "Dolichorhinus sp." = Sphenocoelus3, "Mesatirhinus superior n. sp." = Sphenocoelus intermedius6
Metarhinus fluviatilis n. sp.2 Osborn 1908 brontothere from "Uinta A"; also "M. riparius" type of Riggs 1912 from Metarhinus Sandstone in White River Canyon; also possibly "M. earlei" type of Osborn 1908 and "M. cristatus" type of Riggs 1912 from Metarhinus Sandstone
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"Crocodilus clavis" = Crocodylus affinis4
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