Eubanks (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as Eubanks Ranch House; Pawnee Quarry
Where: Weld County, Colorado (40.8° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 100.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pawnee Creek Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 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 17908: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• type locality of Pawnee Creek Fm.
apparently most or all of Galbreath's "certain" records are from a single locality in Weld Co. (see fig. 8); records of Tedford et al. 1987 are for "the type locality and correlated sites"; Woodburne 1996a indicates that Galbreath's quarry is the same as the F:AM Pawnee Quarry, which presumably yielded Tedford's material
overlain by Horse and Mastodon Quarry, and Pawnee Buttes fauna of Tedford et al. 1987 is from even higher channel fills; see also Fig. 7 of Woodburne 1996a
ash immediately below Pawnee Quarry dated at 14.8 Ma (Ar-Ar?): Woodburne 1996a
unit includes the Pawnee Buttes Ash
"probable" occurrences: "Amblycastor? sp." Tomarctus brevirostris - see Courthouse Buttes "Amphicyon" sinapius - presumably type of Matthew 1902c Proboscidea indet. Aphelops megalodus (sic) "Ustatochoerus? schrammi" - see Schultz and Falkenbach 1941: F:AM specimens from "N. of Pawnee Buttes" and "Pawnee Buttes area" Cranioceras pawniensis: type of Frick 1937 from "west of buttes, middle horizon"; also postcrania from "Quarry Hill"
record of cf. Hystricops sp. discussed by Voorhies 1990 is Galbreath's "? Amblycastor sp." of uncertain provenance
apparently most or all of Galbreath's "certain" records are from a single locality in Weld Co. (see fig. 8); records of Tedford et al. 1987 are for "the type locality and correlated sites"; Woodburne 1996a indicates that Galbreath's quarry is the same as the F:AM Pawnee Quarry, which presumably yielded Tedford's material
overlain by Horse and Mastodon Quarry, and Pawnee Buttes fauna of Tedford et al. 1987 is from even higher channel fills; see also Fig. 7 of Woodburne 1996a
ash immediately below Pawnee Quarry dated at 14.8 Ma (Ar-Ar?): Woodburne 1996a
unit includes the Pawnee Buttes Ash
"probable" occurrences: "Amblycastor? sp." Tomarctus brevirostris - see Courthouse Buttes "Amphicyon" sinapius - presumably type of Matthew 1902c Proboscidea indet. Aphelops megalodus (sic) "Ustatochoerus? schrammi" - see Schultz and Falkenbach 1941: F:AM specimens from "N. of Pawnee Buttes" and "Pawnee Buttes area" Cranioceras pawniensis: type of Frick 1937 from "west of buttes, middle horizon"; also postcrania from "Quarry Hill"
record of cf. Hystricops sp. discussed by Voorhies 1990 is Galbreath's "? Amblycastor sp." of uncertain provenance
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Merychippus eohipparion5, "Merychippus paniensis" = Merychippus insignis, Merychippus sejunctus, Calippus sp.5, "Merychippus sphenodus" = Cormohipparion sphenodus7, Hypohippus osborni5, Parahippus coloradensis
"Merychippus paniensis" = Merychippus insignis Leidy 1856 horse
Merychippus sejunctus Cope 1874 horse
"Merychippus sphenodus" = Cormohipparion sphenodus7 Cope 1889 hipparionine horse sensu stricto, from Pawnee Quarry; type of Cope 1889 probably came from this level and may be from this quarry; further material is from 3 Points Quarry, just above the Eubanks horizon
Parahippus coloradensis Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse | |
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Cynelos sp.1 Jourdan 1862 bear-dog "Early Barstovian... Pawnee Buttes area, Weld Co."; presumably includes "Amphicyon ingens" of Tedford et al. 1987 from Eubanks because Amphicyon is omitted by Hunt
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Microtomarctus conferta6 Matthew 1918 bone-crushing dog Pawnee Quarry; "north of 3 Points Pit"; "R. Day Ranch, 3 Points, west side"
Aelurodon asthenostylus6 Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog Pawnee Buttes; "Two mi west of Quarry"; "Davis Ranch, first canyon east of the Kiota Road"; "Hereford, middle horizon"
Tomarctus brevirostris6 Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog "Middle Horizon near Hereford"; Question Mark Pit; "Three Point, East Side Pit"; Pawnee Quarry; Big Spring Quarry
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Monosaulax curtus Matthew and Cook 1909 beaver |