Schiebout-Reeves Quarry (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 41377, 41274

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 84.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Black Peaks Formation (Tornillo Group), Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout. 1974. Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24:1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14884: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• assigned to Tiffanian by Schiebout but to Torrejonian by Thewissen 1990
21 - 23 m level of Fm.
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus mediaevus Cope 1881 multituberculate
 Cimolesta - Pantolambdidae
Caenolambda sp. Gazin 1956 pantodont
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Paleotomus senior2 Simpson 1937 eutherian
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Promioclaenus acolytus Cope 1882 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Phenacodus grangeri Simpson 1935 condylarth
Phenacodus cf. matthewi Simpson 1935 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Periptychidae
Periptychus carinidens1 Cope 1881 condylarth