Huerfano VII: Wasatchian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Hapalodectidae
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Hapalodectes cf. leptognathus
(Osborn and Wortman 1892)
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O'Leary 1998 | |||||||||
| from "Apadock Gulch" in the Huerfano Fm.; "H. sp." of Stucky 1984c from "Apodoch Gulch"; some chance this is from Huerfano VI because "Apodock Gulch" is an inaccurate field term and Apodaca Gulch is within Huerfano VI | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Eotitanops borealis
(Cope 1880)
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Eotitanops brownianus
(Cope 1881)
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Osborn 1916 | |||||||||
| synonym of Eotitanops borealis | ||||||||||
| AMNH 17441 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Viverravus gracilis
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Paramys copei
Loomis 1907
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Omomyidae
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Loveina zephyri
Simpson 1940
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Huerfano |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 105.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 89.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Wasatchian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Lostcabinian? | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Apodock Gulch | ||
| Database number: | 15651 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | T. Cleary | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2016-07-07 11:40:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2921. | P. Robinson. 1966. Fossil Mammalia of the Huerfano Formation, Eocene, of Colorado. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 21:1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 2675 | M. A. O'Leary. 1998. Morphology of the humerus of Hapalodectes (Mammalia, Mesonychia). American Museum Novitates 3242:1-6 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 2701 | H. F. Osborn. 1916. Two new Oligocene titanotheres. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35(40):1-4 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |