Schiebout-Reeves Quarry: Torrejonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus mediaevus
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Promioclaenus acolytus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus superstes
Matthew 1935
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= Periptychus carinidens
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus cf. matthewi
Simpson 1935
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Phenacodus grangeri
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Paleotomus senior
(Simpson 1937)
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Thewissen 1990 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolambdidae
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Caenolambda sp.
Gazin 1956
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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 |
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
Geological group: | Tornillo | Formation: | Black Peaks |
Local section: | BPeak | Local bed: | 2 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | TMM |
Taxonomic list comments:assigned to Tiffanian by Schiebout but to Torrejonian by Thewissen 1990 21 - 23 m level of Fm. |
Metadata
Also known as: | TMM 41377, 41274 | ||
Database number: | 14884 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-06-30 09:46:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3024. | J. A. Schiebout. 1974. Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24:1-88 [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] | |
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] | |
3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |