Blue Lake (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Sanpete County, Utah (39.1° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 90.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: North Horn Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: S. F. Robison. 1986. Paleocene (Puercan-Torrejonian) mammalian faunas of the North Horn Formation, central Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 33(1):87-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 14670: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• about 180 m below upper contact of Fm.
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Mammalia | |
Oxyacodon sp., Oxyacodon apiculatus, Oxyacodon ferronensis n. sp., Periptychus coarctatus, Ectoconus symbolus
Oxyacodon apiculatus Osborn and Earle 1895 condylarth
Oxyacodon ferronensis n. sp. Archibald et al. 1983 condylarth
Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941 condylarth | |
Oxyclaenus pugnax Simpson 1935 condylarth
Loxolophus pentacus Cope 1888 condylarth | |
Promioclaenus sp. Trouessart 1904 condylarth | |
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Reptilia | |
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Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle | |
"cf. Proxestops jepseni" = Proxestops silberlingii
"cf. Proxestops jepseni" = Proxestops silberlingii Gilmore 1938 squamates | |
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
Actinopteri | |
cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar |