Lake Fork (Eocene of the United States)
Where: Duchesne County, Utah (40.1° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Myton Member (Uinta Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: L. B. Radinsky. 1967. A Review of the Rhinocerotoid Family Hyracodontidae (Perissodactyla). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 136(1):1-46 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 16592: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• mouth of Lake Fork is about 3 mi W of Myton; placement low in the member is based on Myton Pocket and not at all secure
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Triplopus rhinocerinus n. sp.
Triplopus rhinocerinus n. sp. Wood 1927 odd-toed ungulate from "the mouth of Lake Fork, Uinta Basin"; attribution to Uinta C is "with fair confidence" according to Wood 1929; doubtfully attributed to Myton Pocket by Prothero 1996a
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