West Clay Creek (Pliocene to of the United States)
Also known as Carmen
Where: Alfalfa County, Oklahoma (36.6° N, 98.5° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 97.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; massive, fine-grained siltstone
• The glyptodont fossil occurred in a massive fine silt - pale reddish brown, and slightly cemented by carbonate - between the Permian bedrock and the soil.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Fossils in OMNH
Primary reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 2004. A glyptodont (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from northern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 64(1-4):4-10 [M. Uhen/J. David/J. David]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 150272: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jenna David on 05.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon | |