Also known as Euhl Pit; Tapir Hill; Uhl Pit
Where: Weld County, Colorado (40.8° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 101.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18310: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
"Nothocyon vulpinus coloradoensis" Thorpe 1922e: probably from Gerry's Ranch (see also Wang et al. 1999)
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Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854 pronghorn | |
"Aphelops planiceps n. sp." = Teleoceras medicornutum4
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Hypohippus osborni n. sp.3, Parahippus coloradensis n. sp.5, Pliohippus sp., "Merychippus campestris n. sp." = Pliohippus mirabilis3, Pseudhipparion sp., "Protohippus labrosus n. sp." = Merychippus labrosus2, "Neohipparion coloradense" = Merychippus coloradense
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
"Neohipparion coloradense" = Merychippus coloradense Osborn 1918 horse "Neohipparion"; from Euhl Pit
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