NMMNH 681: Torrejonian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Periptychidae
Periptychus carinidens Cope 1881
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]