Jason Spring: Puercan, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Lioplacoides sp.
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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cf. Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Reptilia
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | ||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Hoplochelys sp.
Hay 1908
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Plastomenus sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Ectoconus sp.
Cope 1884
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Ectoconus symbolus
Gazin 1941
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Periptychus hamaxitus
Gazin 1941
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= Periptychus coarctatus
Cope 1883
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Insectivora
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? Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Plesielliptio sp.
(Russell 1934)
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| original and current combination Elliptio (Plesielliptio) | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Sanpete |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 90.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | North Horn | ||
| Local section: | NHorn | Local bed: | 2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:about 180 m below upper contact of Fm. |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14748 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2930. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |