PBDB Collection

Little Pocket (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as KUVP Locality 9, KU-9; Head of the West Branch of Kimbetoh Arroyo; LACM 4021; Sinclair and Granger Loc. 9; UALP 7595, 75100, 75101, 7576; UCMP 78081

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 87.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1956. Miocene Formations and Vertebrate Biostratigraphic Units, Texas Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(9) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14873: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

• records of Williamson and Lucas 1993 could include some material from Betonnie-Tsosie Arroyo
identical to list 13 of Williamson 1996
entire section is of reversed polarity according to Taylor 1981
type of Ellipsodon "yotankae" appears to be from Sinclair and Granger Locality 8; see Van Valen 1978
partial list of Taylor 1981 is repeated from Wilson almost without modification but includes Triisodon; this might be a lapsus as the KUVP 13 record of Triisodon appears in an adjacent column of Wilson's table
paleomag correlation is based on entirely reversed polarity of local section, but there is no tie point and the correlation is completely ambiguous

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unclassified
-	Deltatheriidae indet. Deltatheriidae indet.
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet.³ Mammalia indet.³ Linnaeus 1758 mammal
Theriamorpha - Conoryctidae	Huerfanodon torrejonius n. sp.⁵ Huerfanodon torrejonius n. sp.⁵ Schoch and Lucas 1981 taeniodont and referred specimen from within S & G 9 and "presumably" at "approximately" the same level as KUVP 9
Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae	Psittacotherium multifragum¹⁰ Psittacotherium multifragum¹⁰ Cope 1882 taeniodont
Cimolesta - Pantolambdidae	Pantolambda cavirictum¹⁰ Pantolambda cavirictum¹⁰ Cope 1883 pantodont
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	Mioclaenus turgidus, Protoselene opisthacus, Ellipsodon grangeri¹⁰, Promioclaenus acolytus, Promioclaenus ? lemuroides Mioclaenus turgidus Cope 1881 condylarth Protoselene opisthacus Cope 1882 condylarth Ellipsodon grangeri¹⁰ Wilson 1956 condylarth may include "? Mioclaenus sp." said to be new Promioclaenus acolytus Cope 1882 condylarth Promioclaenus ? lemuroides Matthew 1897 condylarth
Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae	Coriphagus encinensis, Deltatherium fundaminis Coriphagus encinensis Matthew and Granger 1921 placental Deltatherium fundaminis Cope 1881 placental
Acreodi - Triisodontidae	Triisodon quivirensis¹⁰ Triisodon quivirensis¹⁰ Cope 1881 placental
Acreodi - Mesonychidae	"Ankalagon saurognathus" = Dissacus saurognathus¹⁰, Dissacus navajovius¹⁰ "Ankalagon saurognathus" = Dissacus saurognathus¹⁰ Wortman 1897 condylarth may include "? Mesonychidae indet." in part Dissacus navajovius¹⁰ Cope 1881 condylarth may include "? Mesonychidae indet." in part
Theriamorpha - Periptychidae	Periptychus sp., Periptychus carinidens, Anisonchus sectorius, Haploconus angustus Periptychus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth Periptychus carinidens Cope 1881 condylarth includes "P. rhabdodon" Anisonchus sectorius Cope 1881 condylarth Haploconus angustus Cope 1881 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae	Tetraclaenodon puercensis Tetraclaenodon puercensis Cope 1881 condylarth presumably includes "T. ? pliciferus"
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	Chriacus pelvidens¹⁰, "Mimotricentes subtrigonus" = Tricentes subtrigonus¹ Chriacus pelvidens¹⁰ Cope 1881 condylarth "Mimotricentes subtrigonus" = Tricentes subtrigonus¹ Cope 1881 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Protictis haydenianus¹ Protictis haydenianus¹ Cope 1882 placental
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Pentacodon inversus Pentacodon inversus Cope 1888 placental
Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae	Mixodectes malaris⁸ Mixodectes malaris⁸ Cope 1884 placental
Primates - Palaechthonidae	Anasazia williamsoni⁹, Torrejonia ? wilsoni¹⁰ Anasazia williamsoni⁹ Van Valen 1994 primate NMMNH 1112, upper Kimbetoh Arroyo; not the type, which is from an unknown locality within Kutz Canyon Torrejonia ? wilsoni¹⁰ Gazin 1968 primate
Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae	Eucosmodontidae indet.¹ Eucosmodontidae indet.¹ Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	"Parectypodus clemensi" = Krauseia clemensi⁶, Mimetodon krausei n. sp.⁶, Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus¹ "Parectypodus clemensi" = Krauseia clemensi⁶ Sloan 1981 multituberculate Mimetodon krausei n. sp.⁶ Sloan 1981 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax macrotomeus¹ Wilson 1956 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Ptilodontidae indet. Ptilodontidae indet. Cope 1887 multituberculate
Reptilia
-	Reptilia indet.³ Reptilia indet.³ Laurenti 1768 reptile
Squamata - Anguidae	Glyptosaurinae indet.⁷ Glyptosaurinae indet.⁷ Marsh 1872 squamates AMNH specimen from "head of Kimbeto Wash (lower level) 'Deltatherium zone'" = Sinclair and Granger Locality 8: Peltosaurus of Gilmore 1928. "AMNH specimen" is probably AMNH 5187, left and right dentary fragments, fragment of right maxilla, other bone fragments (from ref 60385)
Loricata -	Crocodylia indet.² Crocodylia indet.² crocodilian
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	"Navajosuchus novomexicanus n. gen. n. sp." = Navajosuchus mooki⁴ "Navajosuchus novomexicanus n. gen. n. sp." = Navajosuchus mooki⁴ Simpson 1930 crocodilian 1913 Sinclair and Olsen AMNH collection from "Head of West Fork of Kimbetoh Wash" = Sinclair and Granger Loc. 9
Actinopteri
Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae	Lepisosteidae indet.⁷ Lepisosteidae indet.⁷ Cuvier 1825 gar "gar scales" associated with glyptosaurine

¹Alroy 2002; ²Alroy 2006; ³Kues et al. 1977; ⁴Mook 1942; ⁵Schoch and Lucas 1981; ⁶Sloan 1981; ⁷Sullivan and Lucas 1986; ⁸Szalay 1969; ⁹Van Valen 1994; ¹⁰Williamson and Lucas 1993