DMNH 6504: Puercan, Colorado
collected 2016-2019
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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? Periptychidae indet.
Cope 1882
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partial dentary in matrix | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | El Paso |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.1° North, 82.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Puercan | Mammal zone: | Puercan 3 |
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 65.312 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Denver | ||||
Local section: | Corral Bluffs composite section | Local bed: | 117.35 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: There are 11 different lithologic sections. It is not mentioned from which section comes each locality. The stratigraphic position is given compared to the K/Pg boundary in the composite section of the Corral Bluffs. Numbered from bottom to top means that the locality is above the boundary, whereas numbered from top to bottom means that the locality is below the boundary. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | mudstone |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | DMNH | Collection dates: | 2016-2019 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Corral Bluffs | ||
Database number: | 205873 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2019-10-25 14:05:48 | Last modified: | 2019-10-25 14:05:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-25 14:05:48 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
70613. | T. R. Lyson, I. M. Miller, A. D. Bercovici, K. Weissenburger, A. J. Fuentes, W. C. Clyde, J. W. Hagadorn, M. J. Butrim, K. R. Johnson, R. F. Fleming, R. S. Barclay, S. A. Maccracken, B. Lloyd, G. P. Wilson, D. W. Krause and S. G. B. Chester. 2019. Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction. Science eaay2268:1-12 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Uhen] |