BYU 1751 (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Uintah County, Utah (40.1° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• depicted as high in Uinta B and Wagonhound Mbr. in Adrian et al. 2021

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

• predominantly gray mudstone covered with brown nodules

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Adrian, H. F. Smith, J. H. Hutchison and K. E. B. Townsend. 2021. Geometric morphometrics and anatomical network analyses reveal ecospace partitioning among geoemydid turtles from the Uinta Formation, Utah. The Anatomical Record 1-35 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222805: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 25.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• also reported to have invertebrate ichnofossils, Paleozoic wood and bone fragments replaced by the green algae Chlorellopsis coloniata, and a possible coprolite.
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unclassified
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? Metarhinus sp., Artiodactyla indet.
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia sp.
Amia sp. Linnaeus 1766 bowfin
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus cunneatus
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Leptotragulus sp.
Leptotragulus sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon sp.
Protoreodon sp. Scott and Osborn 1887 agriochoerid
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
"Dilophodon leotanus" = Heteraletes leotanus, "Heteraletes leotanus" = Heteraletes leotanus
"Dilophodon leotanus" = Heteraletes leotanus Peterson 1932 tapir
"Heteraletes leotanus" = Heteraletes leotanus Peterson 1932 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
? Amynodon advenus
? Amynodon advenus Marsh 1875 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
? Triplopus sp.
? Triplopus sp. Cope 1880 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla -
Isectolophus annectens
Isectolophus annectens Scott and Osborn 1887 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus sp.
Epihippus sp. Marsh 1878 horse
 Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pareumys sp.
Pareumys sp. Peterson 1919 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Ischyrotomus sp." = Pseudotomus
"Ischyrotomus sp." = Pseudotomus Cope 1872 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Sciuravus sp., Sciuravus popi
Sciuravus sp. Marsh 1871 rodent
Sciuravus popi Dawson 1966 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Baena arenosa
Baena arenosa Leidy 1870 turtle
 Testudines -
Testudinoidea indet.
Testudinoidea indet. Gray 1825 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Bridgeremys pusilla, Echmatemys sp., Echmatemys callopyge
Bridgeremys pusilla Hay 1908 turtle
Echmatemys sp. Hay 1906 turtle
Echmatemys callopyge Hay 1908 turtle
 Testudines - Pantestudinidae
Hadrianus sp.
Hadrianus sp. Cope 1872 turtle
 Loricata -
Crocodylomorpha indet.