Buckhorn ( of the United States)

Where: Grant County, New Mexico (33.0° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 107.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Gila Group, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

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

PaleoDB collection 19970: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• micro- and macrovertebrates are from two directly superposed beds within a 25 m interval: Morgan and Sealey 1995
said to be "medial Blancan" by Morgan and Sealey 1995
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammutidae indet.
Mammutidae indet. Hay 1922 mastodon
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus sp.2
Arctodus sp.2 Leidy 1854 bear
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea sp.2
Taxidea sp.2 Waterhouse 1839 badger
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.2
Felidae indet.2 Gray 1821 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus2, "Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
Nannippus peninsulatus2 Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
"Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus vetus2
Platygonus vetus2 Leidy 1882 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia cf. macrocephala1, Camelops sp.
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp.2
Hypolagus sp.2 Dice 1917 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Arvicolinae indet.3, Ondatra sp.2, Baiomys sp.3
Arvicolinae indet.3 Gray 1821 vole
Ondatra sp.2 Link 1795 muskrat
Baiomys sp.3 True 1894 pygmy mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp.2
Spermophilus sp.2 Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
1Alroy 2002; 2Morgan and Sealey 1995; 3Morgan and Sealey 1997