NMMNH locality L-7475: Late/Upper Clarendonian - Late/Upper Clarendonian, New Mexico
collected by G. Morgan, W. Slade
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merychyus major
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Ustatochoerus major | ||||||||||
| Merychyus major major | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Socorro |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 106.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.3° North, 104.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 1400 meters |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Clarendonian - Late/Upper Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 14.59 ± 0.05 to 8.57 ± 0.26 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Popotosa |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy conglomerate |
| Secondary lithology: | "cross stratification" sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Collectors: | G. Morgan, W. Slade |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bosque del Apache LF | ||
| Database number: | 157331 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-06-12 18:44:26 | Last modified: | 2014-06-12 18:44:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-06-12 18:44:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51731. | G. S. Morgan, E. B. Lander, C. Cikoski, R. M. Chamberlain, D. W. Lowe and L. Peters. 2009. The oreodont Merychyus major major (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Oreodontidae) from the Miocene Popotosa Formation, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, central New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 31(4):91-103 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |