Vista (Oligocene of the United States)
Where: Logan County, Colorado (40.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 95.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Vista Member (White River Formation), Whitneyan (33.3 - 30.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: E. C. Galbreath. 1953. A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4:1-120 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17426: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• White Marker bed at the base of the member is geochemically and paleomagnetically correlable with the Lower Whitney Ash, making this equivalen to Whitney B: Prothero 1996c
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"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax
"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial | |
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Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse | |
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Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant | |
"Paralabis cedrensis" = Matthewlabis cedrensis1
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Leptauchenia decora, "Eporeodon major" = Merycoidodon major
Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
"Eporeodon major" = Merycoidodon major Leidy 1853 oreodont | |
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"Pseudocynodictis temnodon n. sp." = Mesocyon temnodon
"Pseudocynodictis temnodon n. sp." = Mesocyon temnodon Wortman and Matthew 1899 canid from Castle Rock, see Wang 1994
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Proscalops miocaenus n. sp.
Proscalops miocaenus n. sp. Matthew 1901 placental | |
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Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit | |
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Eumys brachyodus Wood 1937 mouse | |