Whistler Squat (TMM 41466): Uintan, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sthenodectes australis Wilson 1977
Wilson 1977
    = informal Protitanotherium-like australis
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
? Proviverra major (Wortman 1902)
Gustafson 1986
(1 measurement)
    = Sinopa major Wortman 1902
Alroy 2002
    = Sinopa sp. Leidy 1871
Tomiya et al. 2021
Sinopa species A
Mammalia - Helohyidae
Helohyus sp. Marsh 1872
Stucky 1994
pers. comm.: "Lophiohyus sp." of West 1982, which is omitted by Wilson
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major Golz 1976
Wilson 1984 2 specimens
apparently reported as "upper molars of Protoreodon major" by Wilson 1986; DUPLICATE REF 3666 or 3706
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Protitanotherium emarginatum (Hatcher 1895)
Campisano et al. 2014
original and current combination Diplacodon emarginatus
TMM 41466-6, -10
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops annectens (Marsh 1872)
West 1982
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri Leidy 1869
Williams and Kirk 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Brewster
Coordinates: 29.2° North, 103.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.5° North, 93.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:Devil's Graveyard Member:Lower
Local section:BuckH Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:TMM
Taxonomic list comments:"300 yds. east of Whistler Squat"
30.4 meters above base of Fm.: Gustafson 1986b
Metadata
Also known as:DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852
Database number:16652
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-07-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1994-07-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3667. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
56620 C. J. Campisano, E. C. Kirk, K. E. B. Townsend and A. L. Deino. 2014. Geochronological and Taxonomic Revisions of the Middle Eocene Whistler Squat Quarry (Devil’s Graveyard Formation, Texas) and Implications for the Early Uintan in Trans-Pecos Texas. PLoS ONE 9(7):e101516 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
1758 E. P. Gustafson. 1986. Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
6220 R. K. Stucky. 1994. Personal communication regarding identifications of Eocene mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
78605 S. Tomiya, S. P. Zack, M. Spaulding and J. J. Flynn. 2021. Carnivorous mammals from the middle Eocene Washakie Formation, Wyoming, USA, and their diversity trajectory in a post-warming world. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 95(82):1-115 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
3605 R. M. West. 1982. Fossil Mammals from the Lower Buck Hill Group, Eocene of Trans-Pecos Texas: Marsupicarnivora, Primates, Taeniodonta, Condylarthra, Bunodont Artiodactyla, and Dinocerata. Pearce-Sellards Series 35:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
29561 B. A. Williams and E. C. Kirk. 2008. New Uintan primates from Texas and their implications for North American patterns of species richness during the Eocene. Journal of Human Evolution 55(6):927-941 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3664 J. A. Wilson. 1977. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Big Bend Area Trans-Pecos Texas: Brontotheriidae. Pearce-Sellards Series 25 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3666 J. A. Wilson. 1984. Vertebrate Faunas 49 to 36 Million Years Ago and Additions to the Species of Leptoreodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Found in Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):199-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]