Turtle Basin: Duchesnean, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Simimyidae
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cf. Simimys sp.
Wilson 1935
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Paradjidaumo cf. alberti
Russell 1954
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Protadjidaumo sp.
Burke 1934
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= cf. Orelladjidaumo sp.
Korth 1989
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
this genus is said by Korth and Eaton to be absent from this fauna, but there are no explicit reidentifications. | ||||||||||
Litoyoderimys sp.
Emry and Korth 1993
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said to be new | ||||||||||
= Cristadjidaumo mckennai n. gen., n. sp.
Korth and Eaton 2004
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
Metanoiamys cf. lacus
(Storer 1987)
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= Metanoiamys lacus
Storer 1987
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Griphomys alecer
Wilson 1940
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= Griphomys sp.
Wilson 1940
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
"appears distinct from any previously described species based on its smaller size" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heliscomyidae
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Heliscomyidae indet.
Korth et al. 1991
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said to be a new genus; table lists "Heteromyidae" but this is clearly an error | ||||||||||
= Passaliscomys priscus n. gen., n. sp.
Korth and Eaton 2004
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Helaletidae
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? Helaletidae indet.
Osborn 1892
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Aepinacodon sp.
Troxell 1921
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Heptacodon sp.
Marsh 1894
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Mammalia
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Peradectidae indet.
Crochet 1979
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= Peratherium cf. innominatum
Simpson 1928
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Korth and Eaton 2004 | |||||||||
recombined as Herpetotherium innominatum | ||||||||||
assumed to be a reidentification, not a separate occurrence | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Apalone sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Baptemys sp.
Leidy 1870
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Bataguridae indet.
Gray 1870
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spelled with current rank as Batagurinae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Echmatemys sp.
Hay 1906
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said to be new | ||||||||||
"Rhinoclemys" sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Carettochelyidae
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Carettochelyidae indet.
Gill 1889
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"Anosteira sp. or Pseudanosteira sp." | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Plastomenus sp.
Cope 1873
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydridae indet.
Swainson 1839
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Reptilia
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Neornithes indet.
Gadow 1893
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amia uintensis
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Actinopteri
- Esociformes
- Esocidae
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Esocidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictaluridae indet.
Gill 1861
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Catostomidae
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cf. Catostomidae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
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? Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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= Saltirius utahensis n. gen., n. sp.
Cook et al. 2014
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 102.6° 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 | *Local age/stage: | Duchesnean |
Key time interval: | Duchesnean | ||
Age range of interval: | 39.70000 - 37.00000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | "Brian Head" | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Duchesnean |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:field area includes Garfield and Kane counties, but arrow on map points to a location well within the formercomposite of several localities spanning at least 60 m |
Metadata
Database number: | 16877 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1999-10-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2005-08-25 13:53:19 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-10-13 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1415. | J. G. Eaton, J. H. Hutchison, P. A. Holroyd, W. W. Korth, and P. M. Goldstrand. 1999. Vertebrates of the Turtle Basin local fauna, Middle Eocene, Sevier Plateau, south-central Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:463-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
64997 | T. D. Cook, J. G. Eaton, M. G. Newbrey and M. V. H. Wilson. 2014. A new genus and species of freshwater stingray (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the latest middle Eocene of Utah, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):497-503 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen] | |
57390 | W. W. Korth and J. G. Eaton. 2004. Rodents and a Marsupial (Mammalia) From the Duchesnean (Eocene) Turtle Basin Local Fauna, Sevier Plateau, Utah. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 36:109-119 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |