Also known as Leota Quarry; Thorne Quarry
Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.2° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 98.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Uinta C Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. R. Prothero. 1996. Magnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the middle Eocene Uinta Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 3-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16594: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
said by Peterson 1931c to be 400' above base of "horizon C," so his "D. uintensis" type from 250' above base of "horizon C" is from a different locality
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Harpagolestes leotensis n. sp.
Harpagolestes leotensis n. sp. Peterson 1931 condylarth "Leota Ranch... Upper part of Horizon C": Peterson 1931b
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Pentacemylus leotensis Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate see also Gazin 1955: type, "Leota Ranch artiodactyl quarry"
Pentacemylus progressus n. sp.6 Peterson 1932 even-toed ungulate also "tentatively referred" material of Gazin 1955 from "Leota Ranch artiodactyl quarry"; not clear why this is omitted by Prothero DUPLICATE REF 2766 or 2767 or 2768 or 2769
"Bunomeryx elegans" = Bunomeryx montanus4 Wortman 1898 even-toed ungulate material previously assigned to Pentacemylus and other genera
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Leptotragulus clarki2 Gazin 1955 protoceratid Leota Ranch; not clear why this is omitted by Prothero
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Protitanotherium sp. Osborn 1908 brontothere | |
Triplopus obliquidens Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate | |
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Propterodon witteri n. sp.8
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"Pseudanosteira pulchra n. gen. n. sp." = Anosteira pulchra3
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