UMNH VP 2147 Sweetwater Creek (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as UMNH IP 223, UMNH PB 110

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.8° N, 112.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.5° N, 87.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Claron Formation, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

• pasted variegated mudstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve,

Primary reference: J. G. Eaton, W. W. Korth, and D. B. Brinkman. 2018. Vertebrate fossils from the Claron Formation, Sweetwater Creek area, Garfield County, Utah, U.S.A. Rocky Mountain Geology 53(2):113-127 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 198248: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 11.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• Ostracods, charophytes, gastropods
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unclassified
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Insectivora indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys minor, Knightomys reginensis
Knightomys minor Wood 1965 rodent
Knightomys reginensis Korth 1984 rodent
 Tribosphenida - Peradectidae
Peradectes cf. chesteri
Peradectes cf. chesteri Gazin 1952 marsupial
 Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium sp.
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850 marsupial
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae indet.
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
 Loricata -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian
two tooth morphotypes
Gnathostomata
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Actinopterygii indet.
Actinopterygii indet. ray-finned fish
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar
 Teleostei -
Percopsiformes indet.