Tijeras (NMMNH 1453): 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 sp.
Brookes 1828
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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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20547 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 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] |