Galisteo: Irvingtonian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus imperator (Leidy 1858)
synonym of Mammuthus columbi
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Santa Fe
Coordinates: 35.5° North, 106.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 106.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:said to be "Irvingtonian?"
Metadata
Database number:20339
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1794. A. H. Harris. 1993. Quaternary vertebrates of New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2:179-197 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]