Junction (TMM 41444): Uintan, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Herpetotherium comstocki
(Cope 1884)
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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= Peratherium cf. comstocki
Cope 1884
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Herpetotherium marsupium
Troxell 1923
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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Stylinodon mirus
Marsh 1874
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Schoch 1986 | |||||||||
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= Stylinodon sp.
Marsh 1874
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Schoch and Lucas 1981b; "S." sp. of West 1982 and Wilson 1986 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Hyopsodus paulus
Leidy 1870
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon pusillus
Golz 1976
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Wilson 1984 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| DUPLICATE REF 3666 or 3706 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Paramyidae
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Paramyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Wood 1973 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuravidae
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Prolapsus junctionis n. sp.
Wood 1973
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Wood 1973 | |||||||||
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Pauromys texensis
Walton 1993
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Walton 1993 | |||||||||
| "sp. 4" also present; includes "Prolapsus sp." of Wood 1973 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Thisbemys plicatus
Wood 1962
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Wood 1973 | |||||||||
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= Thisbemys corrugatus
Wood 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Microparamys minutus
(Wilson 1937)
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Wood 1973 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Omomys carteri
Leidy 1869
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Notharctidae
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Notharctus tenebrosus
Leidy 1870
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyops annectens
(Marsh 1872)
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West 1982 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.5° North, 93.4° 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: | Lower |
| Local section: | BuckH | Local bed: | 2 |
| 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:this is "0.6 miles east of Junction" underlies Whistler Squat | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852 | ||
| Database number: | 16587 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 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] | |
| 3053 | R. M. Schoch. 1986. Systematics, Functional Morphology and Macroevolution of the Extinct Mammalian Order Taeniodonta. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 42:1-320 [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] | |
| 3605 | R. M. West. 1982. Fossil Mammals from the Lower Buck Hill Group, Eocene of Trans-Pecos Texas: Marsupicarnivora, Primates, Taeniodonta, Condylarthra, Bunodont Artiodactyla, and Dinocerata. Pearce-Sellards Series 35:1-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3666 | J. A. Wilson. 1984. Vertebrate Faunas 49 to 36 Million Years Ago and Additions to the Species of Leptoreodon (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) Found in Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):199-207 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 3734 | A. E. Wood. 1973. Eocene Rodents, Pruett Formation, Southwest Texas; Their Pertinence to the Origin of the South African Caviomorpha. Pearce-Sellards Series 20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |