Coprolite Point (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as NMMNH 1482, 2658; UALP 73124, 7650, 7651, 7653, 7785, 7878

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 88.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Nacimiento Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• high in a reversed magnetic polarity zone in the Kutz Canyon section interpreted as C27r based on the position of the K-T boundary in the correlative Barrel Spring Arroyo = De-na-zin Wash section: see Butler et al. 1977, Lucas et al. 1997

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. E. Williamson and S. G. Lucas. 1993. Paleocene vertebrate paleontology of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2:105-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14825: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• identical to list 5 of Williamson 1996
UALP provenances based on Taylor 1981
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
? Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
"D"
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Protoselene opisthacus Cope 1882 condylarth
UALP 7650, 7653/7785/7878
 Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae
Mixodectes malaris Cope 1884 placental
UALP 7650
 Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae
Deltatherium fundaminis Cope 1881 placental
UALP 7650
 Acreodi - Triisodontidae
Goniacodon levisanus Cope 1883 placental
 Theriamorpha - Periptychidae
Periptychus carinidens2 Cope 1881 condylarth
UALP 7653/7785/7878; not clear why this is omitted by Williamson and Lucas 1993 and Williamson 1996
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Intyrictis ? vanvaleni1 MacIntyre 1966 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Chriacus baldwini Cope 1882 condylarth
Chriacus pelvidens Cope 1881 condylarth
Arctocyon ferox Cope 1883 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Tetraclaenodon puercensis Cope 1881 condylarth
UALP 7653/7785/7878
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdidae
Pantolambda cavirictum Cope 1883 pantodont
 Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae
Psittacotherium multifragum Cope 1882 taeniodont