Tijeras (NMMNH 1452): Irvingtonian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus meridionalis
(Nesti 1825)
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= Mammuthus hayi
Barbour 1915
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| specimen discussed again under this name by Lucas 1996 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Bernalillo |
| Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 106.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 106.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Formation: | Sierra Ladrones | ||
| Local section: | Tijer | Local bed: | 3 |
| 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:list of Harris 1993 appears to be a composite of several NMMNH localities based on data of Lucas et al. pumice clasts from this level and above apparently are the "abundant reworked Guaje Pumice" that is "1.61 Ma (unpubl. 40Ar/39Ar date: W. McIntosh and S. Cather, pers. comm. 1992)" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20546 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2320. | S. G. Lucas, T. E. Williamson, and J. Sobus. 1993. Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy, paleoecology, and mammalian biochronology, Tijeras Arroyo, Albuquerque area, New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 15(1):1-8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |