TMM 42327, Dogie Mountain: Torrejonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Viridomys sp.
Fox 1971
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said to be new; if correct, this is the only post-Aquilan record of the genus (!) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Cimolodontidae
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Cimolodon sp.
Marsh 1889
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Standhardt 1994 | |||||||||
said to be new; if correct, this is the only Cenozoic record of the genus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma thompsoni
Clemens 1964
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus sp.
Cope 1881
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Carsioptychus coarctatus
(Cope 1883)
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= Periptychus sp.
Cope 1881
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Williamson 1996 | |||||||||
Haploconus inopinatus
Gazin 1939
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= Haploconus angustus
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Baioconodon sp.
Gazin 1941
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Standhardt 1994 | |||||||||
presumably includes "Eoconodon sp." as no other taxa in the original list are omitted; this guess is seconded by Williamson 1996 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Bryanictis sp.
MacIntyre 1966
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spelled with current rank as Protictis (Bryanictis) | ||||||||||
"Protictus (sic) (Bryanictis) sp." said to be new; listed as "Protictis" by Williamson 1996, who compares it to both Bryanictis and Simpsonictis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Ellipsodon priscus
Matthew 1937
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= cf. Bomburia sp.
Van Valen 1978
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Williamson 1996 | |||||||||
replaced by Bomburodon | ||||||||||
cf. Protoselene sp.
Matthew 1897
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Williamson 1996 | |||||||||
mioclaenid, said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Insectivora
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Insectivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Gelastops sp.
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Groeberida
- Nototheriidae
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Peratherium sp.
Aymard 1850
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= ? Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Williamson 1996 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 84.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
*Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Puercan |
Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 63.30000 - 61.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Tornillo | Formation: | Black Peaks | ||
Local section: | BPeak | Local bed: | 1 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Originally said to be late Puercan, but most recently Leslie et al. (2018) have demonstrated a Torrejonian age |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:said to be "high" in the Mbr., exact m level unknown underlies Black Peaks localities of Schiebout 1974 said to be late Puercan, but reassigned to the Torrejonian by Williamson 1996 |
Metadata
Also known as: | LSUMG VL-108 | ||
Database number: | 14829 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-06-30 09:13:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3034. | J. A. Schiebout, C. A. Rigsby, S. D. Rapp, J. A. Hartnell, and B. R. Standhardt. 1987. Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene transition rocks of Big Bend National Park, Texas . Journal of Geology 95(3):359-375 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
82038 | T. M. Lehman, S. L. Wick, H. L. Beatty, W. R. Straight, and J. R. Wagner. 2018. Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Tornillo Group (Upper Cretaceous–Eocene) of West Texas. Geosphere 14(5):2206-2244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
3210 | B. R. Standhardt. 1994. MS for guidebook, full reference unclear [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3646 | T. E. Williamson. 1996. The beginning of the age of mammals in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico; biostratigraphy and evolution of Paleocene mammals of the Nacimiento Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 8:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |