DMNH 8354: Puercan, Colorado
collected 2016-2019

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
layers of scales
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 2
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:65.435 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Denver
Local section:Corral Bluffs composite section Local bed:103.05 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:pond
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:205937
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-10-25 15:45:25 Last modified:2019-10-25 15:45:25
Access level:the public Released:2019-10-25 15:45:25
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]