Bab's Basin: Torrejonian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Acmeodon secans
Matthew and Granger 1921
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| UALP 7671 (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Conoryctes comma
Cope 1881
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| (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Conoryctella pattersoni
Schoch and Lucas 1981
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Schoch and Lucas 1981 | |||||||||
| UALP 7671; i.d. upheld by Schoch 1986 and I assume Williamson and Lucas 1993 are in error | ||||||||||
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Psittacotherium multifragum
Cope 1882
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Litomylus dissentaneus
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Mioclaenus turgidus
Cope 1881
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| probably includes "M. sp." from UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Protoselene opisthacus
(Cope 1882)
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Promioclaenus acolytus
(Cope 1882)
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Oxyclaenidae
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Deltatherium fundaminis
Cope 1881
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Triisodontidae
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Goniacodon levisanus
(Cope 1883)
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Triisodon sp.
Cope 1881
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| UALP 7671; not clear why this is omitted by Williamson and Lucas 1993 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Protictis haydenianus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Tetraclaenodon puercensis
(Cope 1881)
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| UALP 7654, 7671 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Deuterogonodon ? noletil
Van Valen 1978
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Chriacus pelvidens
(Cope 1881)
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| UALP 7671: i.d. of C. baldwini of Taylor 1981 omitted without explanation | ||||||||||
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Mimotricentes subtrigonus
(Cope 1881)
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| recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus | ||||||||||
| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Arctocyon ferox
(Cope 1883)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Haploconus angustus
(Cope 1881)
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| UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Periptychus carinidens
Cope 1881
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| UALP 7654, 7671 | ||||||||||
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Anisonchus sectorius
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
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Prodiacodon puercensis
(Matthew 1918)
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| original and current combination Diacodon puercensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Pentacodon inversus
(Cope 1888)
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| probably includes "P. sp." from UALP 7671 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mixodectidae
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Mixodectes malaris
(Cope 1884)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.9° North, 88.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 60.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nacimiento | ||||
| Local section: | KutzC | Local bed: | 11 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: close to the midpoint of a reversed magnetic polarity zone in the Kutz Canyon section interpreted as C27r based on the position of the K-T boundary in the correlative Barrel Spring Arroyo = De-na-zin Wash section: see Butler et al. 1977, Lucas et al. 1997 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 77 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:identical to list 4 of Williamson 1996 a.k.a. "1 mile" or "2 miles west of Angel Peak" UALP provenances based Taylor 1981 where possible | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UALP 7654, 7659, 7669, 7671 | ||
| Database number: | 14815 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-11-16 11:38:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3375. | L. H. Taylor. 1981. The Kutz Canyon Local Fauna, Torrejonian (Middle Paleocene) of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico;. In S. G. Lucas, J. K. Rigby Jr., B. S. Kues (eds.), Advances in San Juan Basin Paleontology 242-263 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 2319 | S. G. Lucas, T. E. Williamson, and M. D. Middleton. 1997. Catopsalis (Mammalia: Multituberculata) from the Paleocene of New Mexico and Utah: taxonomy and biochronological significance. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):484-492. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Maguire] | |
| 3058 | R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas. 1981. A new species of Conoryctella (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and a revision of the genus. Postilla 185:1-23 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |