Hoot Owl Canyon: Duchesnean, Utah
collected by Party of J. LeRoy Kay 1931
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Cymatholcus longus n. gen., n. sp.
Clark 1932
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| synonym of Cymatholcus schucherti | ||||||||||
| CM 11891 (holotype), a partial shell and associated limb elements (Clark 1932, figs. 1–10) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
| Coordinates: | 40.3° North, 109.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 100.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Duchesnean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 39.70000 - 37.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Duchesne River |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),mechanical | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | CM | ||
| Collectors: | Party of J. LeRoy Kay | Collection dates: | 1931 |
| Taxonomic list comments:Some traces of fossil leaves (maple-, oak-like and sequoia) | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | 15 miles southwest of Vernal | ||
| Database number: | 191909 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2018-02-21 07:55:46 | Last modified: | 2018-02-21 07:55:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-02-21 07:55:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64773. | J. Clark. 1932. A new turtle from the Duchesne Oligocene of the Uinta basin, northeastern Utah. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 21:131-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |