Escavada Wash (Upper): Torrejonian, New Mexico
collected by J. Froehlich, M. London 1979
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Pantolambdidae
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Pantolambda cavirictum
Cope 1883
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Pantolambda bathmodon
Cope 1882
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Mammalia
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Conoryctes comma
Cope 1881
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| probably includes conoryctid "A" of Schoch 1986 | ||||||||||
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Psittacotherium multifragum
Cope 1882
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Tetraclaenodon puercensis
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Mimotricentes subtrigonus
(Cope 1881)
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| recombined as Tricentes subtrigonus | ||||||||||
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Arctocyon ferox
(Cope 1883)
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Colpoclaenus procyonoides
(Matthew 1937)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Anisonchus sectorius
(Cope 1881)
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Periptychus carinidens
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Mesonychidae
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Dissacus navajovius
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Protictis haydenianus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Escavadodontidae
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Escavadodon zygus n. sp.
Rose and Lucas 2000
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Rose and Lucas 2000 | |||||||||
| NMMNH 2708; also at NMMNH 312; "Leptictidae indet. C" (9 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mixodectidae
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Mixodectes pungens
Cope 1883
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Mioclaenus turgidus
Cope 1881
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Protoselene opisthacus
(Cope 1882)
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Promioclaenus lemuroides
(Matthew 1897)
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Promioclaenus acolytus
(Cope 1882)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Sandoval |
| Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 107.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.7° North, 87.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 60.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nacimiento | Member: | Ojo Encino | ||
| Local section: | Escav | Local bed: | 2 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "late Torrejonian... Mixodectes pungens interval zone" (Rose and Lucas 2000) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMMNH | ||
| Collectors: | J. Froehlich, M. London | Collection dates: | 1979 |
| Collection method comments: "the [palaeanodont] bones were collected from the surface... and from screen-washed sediment" | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:identical to list 22 of Williamson 1996 excludes multis "Acmeodon secans" Matthew and Granger 1921, from the Pantolambda Zone, may or may not be at this level; record not discussed by Williamson and Lucas 1993 "Caenolambda sp." may be present based on one very poor specimen from "the upper Torrejonian formation of the Escavada Wash": Simons 1960 | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | NMMNH 312, 2708; Sinclair and Granger Loc. 14 (in part) | ||
| Database number: | 14835 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-11-29 17:35:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3649. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 2976 | K. D. Rose and S. G. Lucas. 2000. An early Paleocene palaeanodont (Mammalia, ?Pholidota) from New Mexico, and the origin of Palaeanodonta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):139-156 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |