Serendipity: Uintan, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
? Sthenodectes australis Wilson 1977
    = informal Protitanotherium-like australis
Alroy 2002
no specimens are described by Wilson 1977a and this record must be considered very dubious DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873
    = Didelphidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
could be Peratherium sensu Krishtalka and Stucky 1983b
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus uintensis Osborn 1902
    = Hyopsodus sp. Leidy 1870
Alroy 2002
described by West 1982; could be H. fastigatus
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Acreodi
Simidectes magnus (Peterson 1919)
3 specimens
see Gustafson 1979
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon edwardsi (Stock 1936)
original and current combination Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) edwardsi
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Hendryomeryx wilsoni Black 1978
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955
Protoreodon pumilus (Marsh 1875)
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Oromerycidae indet. Gazin 1955
Mammalia - Homacodontidae
Texodon meridianus West 1982
Stucky 1998
    = Auxontodon sp. Gazin 1958
Alroy 2002
replaces ID of West 1982
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Prolapsus junctionis Wood 1973
Prolapsus sibilatoris Wood 1973
Pauromys texensis Walton 1993
Walton 1993
"Group 2" and "sp. 3" also present (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Thisbemys sp. Wood 1959
Microparamys sp. Wood 1959
Leptotomus sp. Matthew 1910
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Mysops sp. Leidy 1871
    = Cylindrodontidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri Leidy 1869
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops sp. Leidy 1872
Westgate 1990
new specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Presidio
Coordinates: 29.9° North, 104.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.3° North, 94.3° 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:Middle
Local section:BuckH Local bed:4
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:overlies Whistler Squat and underlies Cotter and Skyline Channels
Metadata
Also known as:TMM 41745
DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852
Database number:16624
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-04-30 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1994-04-30 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]
6236 R. K. Stucky. 1998. Eocene bunodont and bunoselenodont Artiodactyla ("dichobunids"). In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 358-374 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
3547 A. H. Walton. 1993. Pauromys and other small Sciuravidae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the middle Eocene of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(2):243-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]
3616 J. W. Westgate. 1990. Uintan Land Mammals (Excluding Rodents) From an Estuarine Facies of the Laredo Formation (Middle Eocene, Claiborne Group) of Webb County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):454-468 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]