Also known as Fence Hill; Fossil Creek; UCM locality 77063
Where: Huerfano County, Colorado (37.8° N, 105.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 91.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huerfano Formation, Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: P. Robinson. 1966. Fossil Mammalia of the Huerfano Formation, Eocene, of Colorado. Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 21:1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16240: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Glyptosaurinae indet.16, "Glyptosaurus sylvestris" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16, "Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16, "cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16, "cf. Eoglyptosaurus donohoei" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16
Glyptosaurinae indet.16 Marsh 1872 squamates AMNH 7593, left dentary fragment and other bone fragments
"Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16 Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 7544, frontal; 7597, left maxilla
"cf. Paraglyptosaurus princeps" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16 Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 7454, right maxilla fragment; 7592, osteoderms; 7595, left dentary fragment; 7599, two parietal fragments
"cf. Eoglyptosaurus donohoei" = Glyptosaurus sylvestris16 Marsh 1871 squamates AMNH 7454??? Same specimen no. given as "cf. P. princeps", so not sure which is the accurate occurrence.
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Mammalia | |
Trogosus grangeri Gazin 1953 tillodont | |
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Paramys copei Loomis 1907 rodent | |
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Uintacyon cf. asodes Gazin 1952 placental
Miacis parvivorus Cope 1872 placental | |
Viverravus sicarius Matthew 1909 placental
Viverravus gracilis Marsh 1872 placental | |
Oodectes herpestoides Wortman 1901 placental | |
Mesonyx obtusidens Cope 1872 condylarth | |
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Hyrachyus modestus Leidy 1870 odd-toed ungulate | |
Helaletes cf. nanus Marsh 1871 odd-toed ungulate | |
Palaeosyops fontinalis, "Eotitanops minimus" = Eotitanops gregoryi
Palaeosyops fontinalis Cope 1873 brontothere
"Eotitanops minimus" = Eotitanops gregoryi Osborn 1913 brontothere see also Gunnell and Yarborough 2000
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Peratherium cf. comstocki13 Cope 1884 marsupial not the same as "? P. sp." reported by Robinson 1966a; Simpson's i.d. is confirmed by Krishtalka and Stucky 1983b
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