NMMNH 681: Torrejonian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus carinidens
Cope 1881
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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 |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 63.30000 - 61.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Nacimiento | ||
Local section: | Kimbe | Local bed: | 2 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | NMMNH |
Taxonomic list comments:possibly either in Kimbetoh Arroyo or Betonnie-Tsosie Wash, although those areas are given separate lists for this stratigraphic interval Williamson's list 15 |
Metadata
Database number: | 14860 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |