Mouth of White River (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.2° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 98.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Wagonhound Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: M. R. Dawson. 1966. Additional late Eocene rodents (Mammalia) from the Uinta basin, Utah. Annals of Carnegie Museum 38(4):97-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 16606: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• most of this material is from the Marsh/YPM collections
this material may be from anywhere in the member
may include the following: Epihippus gracilis Granger 1908: type of Marsh 1871, and type of "E. uintensis" of Marsh 1875, both from "White River, Uinta Basin"
this material may be from anywhere in the member
may include the following: Epihippus gracilis Granger 1908: type of Marsh 1871, and type of "E. uintensis" of Marsh 1875, both from "White River, Uinta Basin"
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Sciuravus popi n. sp.
Sciuravus popi n. sp. Dawson 1966 rodent Wagonhound Mbr. in "badlands east of White River Pocket"; referred specimen, "mouth of White River"; it is conceivable that these are the same locality, if unlikely; Prothero 1996a lists S. popi at White River Pocket, probably as an expedient
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Oromeryx plicatus n. sp.2
Oromeryx plicatus n. sp.2 Marsh 1894 even-toed ungulate of Marsh from "Uinta B mouth of White River"
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Uintacyon acutus n. sp.4
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"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens3
"Saniwa crassa" = Saniwa ensidens3 Leidy 1870 squamates PU 11227, poorly preserved articulated series of 6 dorsal vertebrae with numerous fragmentary parts; right ischium and portions of other pelvic bones; right femur. "upper B or lower C, Uinta Fm"; YPM 1069, poorly preserved dorsal and caudal vertebrae
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