Coyote Basin (Uinta B): Uintan, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae
Eobasileus cornutus Cope 1872
FMNH specimen from "Uinta B... Coyote Basin"; listed as "B2" by Prothero 1996a
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Grangeria anarsius (Gazin 1956)
Lucas and Schoch 1989
original and current combination Eomoropus anarsius
Uinta B, Coyote Basin, Uintah Co. DUPLICATE REF 2308 or 2309
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Dolichorhinus fluminalis n. sp. Riggs 1912
Riggs 1912
synonym of Sphenocoelus intermedius
Mammalia
Stylinodon mirus Marsh 1874
Schoch 1986
Coyote Basin, Uintah Co.; this is probably the material of "Stylinodon" from the "Green clays" in Kennedy's Basin mentioned by Riggs 1912; listed as "B2" by Prothero 1996a
see common names

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
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 Member:Wagonhound
Local section:Uinta Local bed:4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: "Uintah"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:some or all of this material may be from Wagonhound Canyon (see); it appears to be restricted to Uinta B2 based on Riggs 1912, Prothero 1996a
Metadata
Database number:16548
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:T. Cleary Research group:vertebrate
Created:1998-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2017-05-25 11:19:03
Access level:the public Released:1998-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3622. W. H. Wheeler. 1961. Revision of the Uintatheres. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 14:1-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

2308 S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch. 1989. Taxonomy and Biochronology of Eomoropus and Grangeria, Eocene Chalicotheres from the Western United States and China. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2909 E. S. Riggs. 1912. New or Little Known Titanotheres From the Lower Uintah Formations with Notes on the Stratigraphy and Distribution of Fossils. Geological Series, Field Museum of Natural History 4(2):17-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3053 R. M. Schoch. 1986. Systematics, Functional Morphology and Macroevolution of the Extinct Mammalian Order Taeniodonta. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 42:1-320 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]