Joe's Bonebed (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 41366, 41365

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 84.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Black Peaks Formation (Tornillo Group), Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• 79 - 85 m level of Fm; Torrejonian based on Leslie et al. (2018)

•in a reversed zone interpreted as chron C25r based on the position of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary higher in the section, and just above a single Class I site of normal polarity interpreted as C26n

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by John A. Wilson in 1969; reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout. 1974. Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24:1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14956: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Philip Mannion and K. Christopher Beard

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
? Palaeictops sp. Matthew 1899 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae
Psittacotherium multifragum6 Cope 1882 taeniodont
TMM 41366
 Cimolesta - Apatemyidae
Jepsenella sp. Simpson 1940 eutherian
 Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae
Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson 1935 elephant shrew
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus bisonensis7 Gazin 1956 condylarth
Phenacodus matthewi7 Simpson 1935 condylarth
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Lambertocyon eximius5 Gingerich 1979 condylarth
"Arctocyon cf. mumak" = Arctocyon acrogenius8 Gazin 1956 condylarth
Chriacus baldwini1 Cope 1882 condylarth
 Primates - Picrodontidae
? Zanycteris sp. Matthew 1917 primate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Chiromyoides sp.2 Stehlin 1916 primate
Nannodectes aff. gidleyi4 Matthew 1917 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus1 Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Navajovius kohlhaasae Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Parectypodus sloani Schiebout 1974 multituberculate
Ectypodus musculus Matthew and Granger 1921 multituberculate
Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus mediaevus Cope 1881 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Bottosaurus fustidens3 Cossette 2021 crocodilian
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