BYU 1780 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.1° N, 109.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 47.2° N, 89.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Myton Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

• depicted as high in Uinta C and Myton Mbr. in Adrian et al. 2021

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

• blended bands of maroon and gray mudstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Adrian, H. F. Smith, J. H. Hutchison and K. E. B. Townsend. 2021. Geometric morphometrics and anatomical network analyses reveal ecospace partitioning among geoemydid turtles from the Uinta Formation, Utah. The Anatomical Record 1-35 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222799: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Helodermoides sp. Douglass 1903 squamates
 Squamata -
Saniwa sp. Leidy 1870 squamates
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa Leidy 1870 turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Anosteira pulchra Clark 1932 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906 turtle
Bridgeremys pusilla Hay 1908 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Ischyrotomus compressidens" = Paramys compressidens
"Ischyrotomus compressidens" = Paramys compressidens Peterson 1919 rodent
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 agriochoerid
 Perissodactyla -
Isectolophus sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae