Blue Lake: Puercan, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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cf. Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Proxestops jepseni
(Gilmore 1942)
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| synonym of Proxestops silberlingii | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodylia
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cf. Leidyosuchus sp.
Lambe 1907
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= Crocodylia indet.
Owen 1842
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Alroy 2007 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Allognathosuchus sp.
Mook 1921
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Compsemys victa
(Leidy 1856)
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
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Desmatoclaenus paracreodus
Gazin 1941
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= Desmatoclaenus hermaeus
Gazin 1941
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Promioclaenus sp.
Trouessart 1904
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Loxolophus pentacus
(Cope 1888)
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Oxyclaenus pugnax
(Simpson 1935)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus coarctatus
Cope 1883
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| includes "P. hamaxitus" | ||||||||||
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Ectoconus symbolus
Gazin 1941
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Oxyacodon sp.
Osborn and Earle 1895
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Oxyacodon ferronensis n. sp.
Archibald et al. 1983
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Oxyacodon apiculatus
Osborn and Earle 1895
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Sanpete |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 90.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | North Horn | ||
| Local section: | NHorn | Local bed: | 2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:about 180 m below upper contact of Fm. |
Metadata
| Database number: | 14670 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2930. | S. F. Robison. 1986. Paleocene (Puercan-Torrejonian) mammalian faunas of the North Horn Formation, central Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 33(1):87-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 19636 | J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |