Mouth of White River: Uintan, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Saniwa crassa
(Marsh 1872)
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Gilmore 1928 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| synonym of Saniwa ensidens | ||||||||||
| PU 11227, poorly preserved articulated series of 6 dorsal vertebrae with numerous fragmentary parts; right ischium and portions of other pelvic bones; right femur. "upper B or lower C, Uinta Fm"; YPM 1069, poorly preserved dorsal and caudal vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Sciuravus popi n. sp.
Dawson 1966
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| Wagonhound Mbr. in "badlands east of White River Pocket"; referred specimen, "mouth of White River"; it is conceivable that these are the same locality, if unlikely; Prothero 1996a lists S. popi at White River Pocket, probably as an expedient | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Oromeryx plicatus n. sp.
Marsh 1894
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Gazin 1955 | |||||||||
| of Marsh from "Uinta B mouth of White River" (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Homogalax uintensis n. sp.
Troxell 1922
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Troxell 1922 | |||||||||
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= Isectolophus annectens
Scott and Osborn 1887
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "mouth of the White River Utah" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Uintacyon acutus n. sp.
Thorpe 1923
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Thorpe 1923 | |||||||||
| "mouth of White River, Utah" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Mesonyx sp.
Cope 1872
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Thorpe 1923 | |||||||||
| "near the mouth of White River, Utah" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 98.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Uinta | Member: | Wagonhound |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Taxonomic list comments:most of this material is from the Marsh/YPM collections this material may be from anywhere in the member may include the following: Epihippus gracilis Granger 1908: type of Marsh 1871, and type of "E. uintensis" of Marsh 1875, both from "White River, Uinta Basin" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16606 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Barrett | Enterer: | J. Alroy, T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1339. | M. R. Dawson. 1966. Additional late Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Uinta basin, Utah. Annals of Carnegie Museum 38(4):97-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1608 | C. L. Gazin. 1955. A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128(8):1-96 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 14538 | C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano] | |
| 3420 | M. R. Thorpe. 1923. New species of Uinta Carnivora from White River, Utah. American Journal of Science 5(27):218-224 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3459 | E. L. Troxell. 1922. Oligocene rodents of the genus Ischyromys. American Journal of Science 3(16):288-292 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |