White Mesa: Uintan - Duchesnean, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptomeryx sp.
Leidy 1853
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= Protoceratidae indet.
Marsh 1891
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
replaces ID of Lucas et al. 1981 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Protoreodon pumilus
(Marsh 1875)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Catron |
Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 99.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Uintan - Duchesnean | ||
Age range of interval: | 46.20000 - 37.20000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Baca |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:locality may be Uintan based on outcrop map, there is a small chance that the material is actually from Socorro County |
Metadata
Database number: | 16883 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2284. | S. G. Lucas. 1983. The Baca Formation and the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 34th Field Conference, Socorro Region II 187-192 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |