Aztec Station (Lower) (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 88.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. Granger. 1917. Notes on Paleocene and Lower Eocene mammal horizons of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 14813: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• "Claenodon" i.d. first was called into question by Wilson 1956a, and Tsentas 1981 was unable to find specimens that might have led to Granger's i.d.
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Tetraclaenodon sp. Scott 1892 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866 condylarth
Chriacus sp. Cope 1883 condylarth
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Protoselene sp. Matthew 1897 condylarth
 Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae
Plagiaulacidae indet. Gill 1872 multituberculate