Elephant Butte Reservoir ( of the United States)
Where: Sierra County, New Mexico (33.1° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 106.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Palomas Formation, 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 19975: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
• basalt at Mitchell Point "western side of the reservoir" dated at 2.9 Ma, method and error not indicated, but said to be KA on basalt by Lucas and Morgan 1999
formation assignment based on Lucas and Morgan 1999
formation assignment based on Lucas and Morgan 1999
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
"Mammut raki n. sp." = Mastodon raki
"Mammut raki n. sp." = Mastodon raki Frick 1933 mastodon of Frick 1933 from vicinity of Rock Canyon, west side of Elephant Butte Lake, 7 mi. N of Truth or Consequences; this is south of Mitchell Point; includes "Mammutidae indet." of Tedford
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"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Gigantocamelus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1939 camel | |