West Flank Kimbeto Wash (Puercan): Puercan, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Choeroclaenus turgidunculus
(Cope 1888)
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Mammalia
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Erinaceomorpha indet.
(Gregory 1910)
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| close to Adunator: Black Toe | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Triisodontidae
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Eoconodon gaudrianus
(Cope 1888)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Loxolophus hyattianus
(Cope 1885)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus coarctatus
Cope 1883
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Ectoconus ditrigonus
(Cope 1882)
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Conacodon entoconus
(Cope 1882)
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| original and current combination Haploconus entoconus | ||||||||||
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Hemithlaeus kowalevskianus
Cope 1882
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Gillisonchus gillianus
(Cope 1882)
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= Mithrandir gillianus
Cope 1882
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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? Procerberus sp.
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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| present at Black Toe (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Chacopterygus minutus n. gen., n. sp.
Williamson et al. 2011
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Williamson et al. 2011 | |||||||||
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Betonnia tsosia
Williamson et al. 2011
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Williamson et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| L-6387 | ||||||||||
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Cimolestes simpsoni
(Reynolds 1936)
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| original and current combination Puercolestes simpsoni | ||||||||||
| present at Black Toe (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictidae indet.
Gill 1872
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Onychodectes tisonensis
Cope 1888
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Wortmania otariidens
(Cope 1885)
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Williamson and Brusatte 2013 | |||||||||
| NMMNH P-64929, NMMNH locality L-6387 | ||||||||||
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? Peradectes sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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| said to be new; form "A": Black Toe | ||||||||||
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Thylacodon pusillus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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| NMMNH P-47321, partial right upper molar consisting of the lingual part of the tooth, including the protocone and conules; 47322, right m2 or 3; 47323, right abraded m2 or 3; 47324, partial right upper molar including metacone and portion of stylar shelf; 47325, right partial M2 or 3 consisting of paracone and mesiobuccal portion of tooth; 47326, right partial m2 or 3, missing distobuccal portion of talonid; 47327, right M3; 47328, partial right M3, missing the lingual portion of the tooth including the protocone; 47329, left M1 with abraded buccal margin; 47330, left partialM1, missing distobuccal corner of tooth; 47331, left M1; 47332, partial left M1, missing the distobuccal corner of tooth; 47333, right M2; 47334, partial left M4, missing protocone and lingual portion of tooth; 47335, partial left M3, missing paracone and mesiobuccal corner of tooth | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | San Juan |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° North, 87.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nacimiento | ||
| Local section: | Kimbe | Local bed: | 3 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Williamson's list 11 a.k.a. "first draw west of Kimbetoh Arroyo" and "four miles above Kimbetoh" multis are omitted | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | AMNH Locs. 5 of Sinclair and Granger; Lower Black Streak; NMMNH 684, 685, 1121; NMMNH L-6387 (Black Toe); UALP 7631 (Black Toe) | ||
| Database number: | 14794 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2012-12-17 08:02:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3646. | T. E. Williamson. 1996. The beginning of the age of mammals in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico; biostratigraphy and evolution of Paleocene mammals of the Nacimiento Formation. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 8:1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 43994 | T. E. Williamson, S. L. Brusatte, T. D. Carr, A. Weil, and B. R. Standhardt. 2012. The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(4):625-651 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 56878 | T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte. 2013. New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of “Archaic” Mammals. PLoS ONE 8(9):e75886:1-35 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 35859 | T. E. Williamson, A. Weil, and B. Standhardt. 2011. Cimolestids (Mammalia) from the early Paleocene (Puercan) of New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):162-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |