Harn Quarry: Uintan, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptotragulus sp.
Scott and Osborn 1887
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Uintah |
| Coordinates: | 40.2° North, 109.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° North, 98.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Uintan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 39.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Uinta |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:based on Norris 2000 this is in the same section as Leota Quarry (see) and possibly a synonym | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16575 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2006-09-13 00:38:38 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2659. | C. A. Norris. 2000. The cranium of Leptotragulus, a hornless protoceratid (Artiodactyla: Protoceratidae) from the MIddle Eocene of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(2):341-348 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |