Ferron Mountain (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 14736: 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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cf. Allognathosuchus sp. Mook 1921 crocodilian | |
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Hoplochelys sp. Hay 1908 mud turtle | |
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Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle | |
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cf. Taeniolabis taoensis Cope 1882 multituberculate | |
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Valenia wilsoni4 Van Valen 1978 condylarth may include "P. acolytus" according to Van Valen 1988, who refers to the "Gas Tank Fauna" but must mean this record
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Loxolophus pentacus Cope 1888 condylarth | |
Oxyacodon ferronensis, Ectoconus symbolus, Ectoconus ditrigonus, Periptychus coarctatus1, Anisonchus cf. oligistus, Anisonchus athelas
Oxyacodon ferronensis Archibald et al. 1983 condylarth
Ectoconus symbolus Gazin 1941 condylarth
Ectoconus ditrigonus Cope 1882 condylarth additional specimen from OMNH V829 "probably the same as... Ferron Mountain" described by Cifelli et al. 1995
Anisonchus cf. oligistus Gazin 1941 condylarth
Anisonchus athelas Van Valen 1978 condylarth | |
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cf. Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar | |