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Turnbull, William D.

Publication info:
Chicago, Ill. :Field Museum of Natural History,1991.

Contributing Library:
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

 

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CONTROL FIELD

• Control Field 008: 910222s1991 ilua b 00010 eng d

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER

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SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER

• System control number: (OCoLC)ocm23135728

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CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: IBT
• Transcribing agency: IBT
• Modifying agency: UIU

GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE

• Geographic area code: n-us-wy

MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Turnbull, William D.

TITLE STATEMENT

• Title: Protoptychus hatcheri Scott, 1895 :
• Remainder of title: the mammalian faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene age, of southern Wyoming.
• Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: William D. Turnbull --.
• Number of part/section of a work: Part II.
• Name of part/section of a work: The Adobetown Member, Middle Division (= Washakie B), Twka/2 (in part) /

VARYING FORM OF TITLE

• Title proper/short title: Protoptychus hatcheri Scott, 1895

PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)

• Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Chicago, Ill. :
• Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Field Museum of Natural History,
• Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 1991.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

• Extent: iii, 33 p. :
• Other physical details: 18 ill. ;
• Dimensions: 26 cm.

SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE

• Title: Fieldiana.
• Name of part/section of a work: Geology,
• Volume number/sequential designation: new ser., no. 21
• International Standard Serial Number: 0096-2651 ;

SERIES STATEMENT

• Series statement: Publication ;
• Volume number/sequential designation: 1421

GENERAL NOTE

• General note: "Accepted May 18, 1989."

GENERAL NOTE

• General note: "Published January 31, 1991."

BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE

• Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).

SUMMARY, ETC.

• Summary, etc.: This report was originally intended for the festschrift honoring Philip Hershkovitz (Patterson & Timm, 1987). I was unable to complete it in time for inclusion in that volume and subsequent events have caused further delays. It deals with a highly specialized Eocene rodent that is of particular interest paleontologically, anatomically, and ecologically. Intriguing, partially unresolved, phylogenetic considerations concerning its relationships are discussed. These suggest broader implications for rodent systematics. -- I expand upon the prior descriptions of the skull and teeth, and describe for the first time details of skeletal morphology of this jerboa-like species, Protoptychus hatcheri Scott, 1895, with its enlarged elongated hind limbs and greatly expanded auditory bullae, features that so aptly characterize these ricochetal creatures. The descriptions are based upon specimens recovered, mostly from a single locality, within the Washakie Basin of southwestern Wyoming. -- Protoptychus lived in a subtropical environment during the late Middle Eocene in Wyoming and Utah. The associated faunal and floral elements included alligators; softshelled turtles; rhinoceroses; a variety of insectivores, primates, and rodents; and palm trees. All have living members that usually are limited to the tropics or subtropics. Some other faunal associates such as gar fish, uintatheres, titanotheres, tillodonts, taeniodonts, achaenodonts, and hyopsodonts were probably similarly circumscribed, but the evidence for this is more tenuous; from wherever they are known, they are associated with the same or similar suites of tropically restricted forms. -- Stratigraphy, regional geology, and lithology give evidence of abundant stream channel and floodplain deposits. Doubtless, the main drainages supported some sort of riverine forests, and perhaps these extended along the borders of the intermittent ponds or central lake(s). But the presence of the jerboa-like Protoptychus suggests that the broad divides between the narrow, but lush, forested centripetal drainages of the Basin were probably arid, because today all such highly specialized living creatures occupy arid or semiarid environments. -- Phil, with his wide appreciation of ecological and environmental relationships of the modern faunas and with his extensive work on rodents, will be as intrigued by this animal as anyone. I therefore dedicate this account to him, for he is an esteemed and helpful friend and colleague. We have shared many, often lengthy and always stimulating, discussions of dental morphology and evolution, and sometimes these strayed into far more wide-ranging topics. For all of this, I am pleased to honor him in this manner.

ISSUING BODY NOTE

• Issuing body note: Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-1978). Fieldiana Geology New Series No. 1 began June 29, 1979.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Hershkovitz, Philip

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Rodents, Fossil
• Geographic subdivision: Wyoming
• Geographic subdivision: Washakie Formation.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Protoptychus hatcheri.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Paleontology
• Chronological subdivision: Eocene

ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE

• Uncontrolled related/analytical title: Mammalian faunas of the Washakie Formation, Eocene age, of southern Wyoming, part II.

SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE

• Uniform title: Publication (Field Museum of Natural History).
• Volume number/sequential designation: 1421.

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500	|a"Accepted May 18, 1989."
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504	|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).
520	3 |aThis report was originally intended for the festschrift honoring Philip Hershkovitz (Patterson & Timm, 1987). I was unable to complete it in time for inclusion in that volume and subsequent events have caused further delays. It deals with a highly specialized Eocene rodent that is of particular interest paleontologically, anatomically, and ecologically. Intriguing, partially unresolved, phylogenetic considerations concerning its relationships are discussed. These suggest broader implications for rodent systematics. -- I expand upon the prior descriptions of the skull and teeth, and describe for the first time details of skeletal morphology of this jerboa-like species, Protoptychus hatcheri Scott, 1895, with its enlarged elongated hind limbs and greatly expanded auditory bullae, features that so aptly characterize these ricochetal creatures. The descriptions are based upon specimens recovered, mostly from a single locality, within the Washakie Basin of southwestern Wyoming. -- Protoptychus lived in a subtropical environment during the late Middle Eocene in Wyoming and Utah. The associated faunal and floral elements included alligators; softshelled turtles; rhinoceroses; a variety of insectivores, primates, and rodents; and palm trees. All have living members that usually are limited to the tropics or subtropics. Some other faunal associates such as gar fish, uintatheres, titanotheres, tillodonts, taeniodonts, achaenodonts, and hyopsodonts were probably similarly circumscribed, but the evidence for this is more tenuous; from wherever they are known, they are associated with the same or similar suites of tropically restricted forms. -- Stratigraphy, regional geology, and lithology give evidence of abundant stream channel and floodplain deposits. Doubtless, the main drainages supported some sort of riverine forests, and perhaps these extended along the borders of the intermittent ponds or central lake(s). But the presence of the jerboa-like Protoptychus suggests that the broad divides between the narrow, but lush, forested centripetal drainages of the Basin were probably arid, because today all such highly specialized living creatures occupy arid or semiarid environments. -- Phil, with his wide appreciation of ecological and environmental relationships of the modern faunas and with his extensive work on rodents, will be as intrigued by this animal as anyone. I therefore dedicate this account to him, for he is an esteemed and helpful friend and colleague. We have shared many, often lengthy and always stimulating, discussions of dental morphology and evolution, and sometimes these strayed into far more wide-ranging topics. For all of this, I am pleased to honor him in this manner.
550	|aFieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-1978). Fieldiana Geology New Series No. 1 began June 29, 1979.
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830	0|aPublication (Field Museum of Natural History).|v1421.