Southeast of Newcastle (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as UCM Loc. 83289
Where: Garfield County, Colorado (39.7° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 91.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: DeBeque Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)
• said to be middle Wasatchian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: K. F. Hirsch, A. J. Kihm, and D. K. Zelenitsky. 1997. New eggshell of ratite morphotype with predation marks from the Eocene of Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2):360-369 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
PaleoDB collection 15428: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "may be on a large slump block": Hirsch et al. 1997
"Newcastle" is written as New Castle on some maps
"Newcastle" is written as New Castle on some maps
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Mammalia | |
Hyracotherium sp. Owen 1841 odd-toed ungulate | |
Cantius sp. Simons 1962 primate |