Serendipity: Uintan, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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? Sthenodectes australis
Wilson 1977
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= informal Protitanotherium-like australis
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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
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Herpetotherium sp.
Cope 1873
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= Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
could be Peratherium sensu Krishtalka and Stucky 1983b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus uintensis
Osborn 1902
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= Hyopsodus sp.
Leidy 1870
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
described by West 1982; could be H. fastigatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
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Simidectes magnus
(Peterson 1919)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
see Gustafson 1979 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon edwardsi
(Stock 1936)
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original and current combination Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) edwardsi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Hendryomeryx wilsoni
Black 1978
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Protoreodon petersoni
Gazin 1955
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Protoreodon pumilus
(Marsh 1875)
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Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Oromerycidae indet.
Gazin 1955
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Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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Texodon meridianus
West 1982
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Stucky 1998 | |||||||||
= Auxontodon sp.
Gazin 1958
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
replaces ID of West 1982 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Prolapsus junctionis
Wood 1973
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Prolapsus sibilatoris
Wood 1973
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Pauromys texensis
Walton 1993
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Walton 1993 | |||||||||
"Group 2" and "sp. 3" also present (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Thisbemys sp.
Wood 1959
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Microparamys sp.
Wood 1959
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Leptotomus sp.
Matthew 1910
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Mysops sp.
Leidy 1871
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= Cylindrodontidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri
Leidy 1869
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops sp.
Leidy 1872
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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] |