Almagre (CM 945): Wasatchian, New Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodus cf. mentalis (Cope 1875)
Redline 1997
Hyopsodus lysitensis Gingerich 1974
Redline 1997
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Meniscotherium chamense Cope 1874
Williamson and Lucas 1992
NMMNH Locs. 334 and 1035, both in the same quarter of the same section as CM 945
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Wasatchia grangeri Sinclair 1914
Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
    = Bunophorus grangeri Sinclair 1914
Alroy 2002
Diacodexis cf. metsiacus (Cope 1882)
Krishtalka and Stucky 1986
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Knightomys reginensis n. sp. (Korth 1984)
CM Loc. 2
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae
Cantius frugivorus (Cope 1875)
Beard 1988
neotype (5 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Sandoval
Coordinates: 35.7° North, 107.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 91.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Wasatchian
Age range of interval:54.90000 - 50.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Jose
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Taxonomic list comments:type area of San Jose Fm.
Metadata
Also known as:Almagre Locality 2
Database number:15433
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-07-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1994-07-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1494. K. M. Flanagan. 1986. Early Eocene rodents from the San Jose Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:197-220 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1036 K. C. Beard. 1988. New notharctine primate fossils from the early Eocene of New Mexico and southern Wyoming and the phylogeny of Notharctinae. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 75(4):439-469 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2184 L. Krishtalka and R. K. Stucky. 1986. Early Eocene artiodactyls from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:183-196 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
6223 A. D. Redline. 1997. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 13. Systematics and phylogenetic pattern of early Eocene Hyopsodus (Mammalia: Condylarthra). Annals of Carnegie Museum 66(1):1-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3647 T. E. Williamson and S. G. Lucas. 1992. Meniscotherium (Mammalia, "Condylarthra) from the Paleocene-Eocene of Western North America). New Mex Museum of Natural History Science Bulletin 1:1-75 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]