Also known as UCM 77224, UCM 81015; Kings Canyon Fauna
Where: Jackson County, Colorado (41.0° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 97.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: White River Formation, Middle Chadronian to Middle Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: K. J. Lloyd and J. J. Eberle. 2012. A late Eocene (Chadronian) mammalian fauna from the White River Formation in Kings Canyon, northern Colorado. Rocky Mountain Geology 47(2):113-132 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156988: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 03.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Megalagus brachyodon Matthew 1903 rabbit | |
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Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902 rodent | |
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Pelycomys sp. Galbreath 1953 mountain beaver | |
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus
"Paradjidaumo trilophus" = Adjidaumo trilophus Cope 1873 rodent | |
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Ischyromys sp. Leidy 1856 rodent | |
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Hesperocyon cf. gregarius Cope 1873 canid | |
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Mesohippus sp. Marsh 1875 anchitheriine horse | |
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Megacerops sp. Leidy 1870 brontothere | |
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
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Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
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Bathygenys alpha Douglass 1902 oreodont | |
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Leptomeryx speciosus Lambe 1908 ruminant | |
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Poabromylus sp. Peterson 1932 protoceratid
Pseudoprotoceras longinaris Cook 1934 protoceratid | |