Whistler Squat (TMM 41466) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as DUPLICATE REF 3667 or 3852

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 93.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Devil's Graveyard Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 40.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1986. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Trans-Pecos Texas: Agua Fria-Green Valley Areas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(4):350-373 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16652: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• "300 yds. east of Whistler Squat"
30.4 meters above base of Fm.: Gustafson 1986b
Mammalia
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyops annectens4 Marsh 1872 primate
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys carteri5 Leidy 1869 tarsier
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Protitanotherium emarginatum1 Hatcher 1895 brontothere
TMM 41466-6, -10
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
Helohyus sp.2 Marsh 1872 even-toed ungulate
pers. comm.: "Lophiohyus sp." of West 1982, which is omitted by Wilson
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon major6 Golz 1976 protoceratid
apparently reported as "upper molars of Protoreodon major" by Wilson 1986; DUPLICATE REF 3666 or 3706
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Sinopa sp.3 Leidy 1871 creodont