Willow Creek (Uinta B1) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.2° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° N, 98.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: D. R. Prothero. 1996. Magnetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the middle Eocene Uinta Formation, Uinta Basin, Utah. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 3-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 16659: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
"Rhadinorhinus sp." = Metarhinus, "Dolichorhinus sp." = Sphenocoelus
"Rhadinorhinus sp." = Metarhinus Osborn 1908 brontothere
"Dolichorhinus sp." = Sphenocoelus Osborn 1895 brontothere
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Triplopus implicatus Cope 1873 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Helohyidae
"Achaenodon uintensis" = Achaenodon uintense
"Achaenodon uintensis" = Achaenodon uintense Osborn 1895 even-toed ungulate
 Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Eobasileus cornutus Cope 1872 uintathere