Middle Red Member (Higher) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Red Cliff Prospect

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 103.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Santa Fe Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. H. Tedford. 1981. Mammalian biochronology of the late Cenozoic basins of New Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19435: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• overlies Rincon Quarry
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
"Brachyerix incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni1
"Brachyerix incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni1 Henshaw 1942 hedgehog
Red Cliff Prospect
 Carnivora - Canidae
Paratomarctus temerarius2
Paratomarctus temerarius2 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
"Red Cliff Prospect in main fork, Canyada Piedra Parada"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion sp., Hippotherium sp., Pliohippus cf. pernix
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903 hipparionine horse
"derived species"
Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
"Cormohipparion cf. C. occidentale"
Pliohippus cf. pernix Marsh 1874 horse
1Rich 1981; 2Wang et al. 1999