Almagre (UALP 7746) (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as Discoverer's Quarry

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 91.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Regina Member (San Jose Formation), Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. A. Haskin. 1980. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy and fossil mammalia of the San José formation, Eocene, New Mexico. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 15447: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• 31 m above UALP 7745 and 7747
Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
 Cimolesta - Coryphodontidae
Coryphodon sp. Owen 1845 pantodont
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium sp. Cope 1874 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.1 Gray 1821 horse
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys depressus3 Loomis 1907 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Paramys copei3 Loomis 1907 rodent
Apatosciuravus jacobsi3 Flanagan 1986 rodent
 Primates - Omomyidae
Omomyidae indet.2 Gazin 1958 tarsier
 Primates - Adapidae
Adapidae indet.1 Trouessart 1879 primate
 Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet.1 Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate