Titanothere Quarry: Duchesnean, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon sp.
Laizer and Parieu 1838
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= Hyaenodon cf. vetus
Stock 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Peterson 1931d DUPLICATE REF 1438 or 1439 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Poabromylus kayi n. sp.
Peterson 1932
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Peterson 1932 | |||||||||
| see also Wilson 1974 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Teleodus uintensis n. sp.
Peterson 1931
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Peterson 1931 | |||||||||
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= Duchesneodus uintensis
Peterson 1931
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| also present at east wall of Halfway Hollow: see Lucas and Schoch 1989b | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Colodon sp.
Marsh 1890
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Rasmussen et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| new specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Mesamynodon medius n. sp.
(Peterson 1934)
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Peterson 1932 | |||||||||
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= Hyracodon medius
Peterson 1934
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Hessolestes ultimus n. sp.
Peterson 1931
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Peterson 1931 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 100.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Duchesnean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 39.70000 - 37.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Duchesne River | Member: | Lapoint |
| Local section: | Uinta | Local bed: | 9 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Taxonomic list comments:this is not in Halfway Hollow, but in Twelve Mile Draw about two miles to the east Duchesneodus Quarry is definitely the same as Titanothere Quarry because the type of D. uintensis has been put at both quarries by different authors | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Duchesneodus Quarry; Duchesne River Quarry; Uinta Quarry DUPLICATE REF 1438 or 1439 | ||
| Database number: | 16861 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | 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:
| 1438. | R. J. Emry. 1981. New material of the Oligocene muroid rodent Nonomys, and its bearing on muroid origins. American Museum Novitates 2712:1-14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 2766 | O. A. Peterson. 1931. New Species of the genus Teleodus from the upper Uinta of northeastern Utah. Annals of Carnegie Museum 20(3-4):307-312 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 2767 | O. A. Peterson. 1931. New Mesonychids From The Uinta. Annals of Carnegie Museum 20(3-4):333-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2769 | O. A. Peterson. 1932. New species from the Oligocene of the Uinta. Annals of Carnegie Museum 21(2):61-78 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 2838 | D. T. Rasmussen, A. H. Hamblin, and A. R. Tabrum. 1999. The Mammals Of The Eocene Duchesne River Formation. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:421-427 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |