Santa Cruz (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Santa Fe County, New Mexico (35.5° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 103.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: lower Pojoaque Member (Tesuque Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• FT on zircon dates, in Ma:
•blue-gray ash: 9.4 +/- 0.9
•"probably" light blue or white ash: 11.4 +/- 1.1
•these dates are rejected on biochronological grounds by Tedford; this can be justified by paleomag (see Barghoorn 1981), so the date should not be used in calibration
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: R. H. Tedford and S. F. Barghoorn. 1993. Road Log Neogene geology of the Española Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2:169-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19535: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• see also Tedford 1981
•includes Jacona Microfossil Quarry
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Untermannerix copiosus n. sp., Metechinus amplior n. sp.
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Gaillardia sp. Matthew 1932 mole
Mystipterus sp. Hall 1930 mole | |
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Aphelops megalodus7 Cope 1873 rhinoceros "including A. cf. meridianus, Cope, 1875"; suspicious as "A." meridianus is actually Teleoceras
Peraceras profectum8 Matthew 1899 rhinoceros unspecified level in Pojoaque Mbr.; Tedford and Barghoorn list "P. crassus" and "a small species"
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
Cormohipparion sp., Protohippus sp., Pliohippus sp., Merychippus calamarius, "Merychippus" coloradense6, Megahippus cf. mckennai1, Hypohippus sp.
Cormohipparion sp. Skinner and MacFadden 1977 hipparionine horse
Protohippus sp. Leidy 1858 horse
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse possibly includes "Dinohippus sp." (probably based on unpublished MacFadden taxonomy: JA pers. obs.)
Merychippus calamarius Cope 1875 horse
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse | |
Procamelus sp., Aepycamelus sp., Australocamelus sp., Miolabis sp., Paramiolabis sp., Nothotylopus sp., Protolabis sp., Michenia sp.
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858 camel
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel
Australocamelus sp. Patton 1969 camel
Miolabis sp. Hay 1899 camel
Paramiolabis sp. Kelly 1992 camel
Nothotylopus sp. Patton 1969 camel
Protolabis sp. Cope 1876 camel
Michenia sp. Frick and Taylor 1971 camel | |
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Ustatochoerus californicus Merriam 1919 oreodont | |
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Cranioceras teres Cope 1874 ruminant listed by Frick 1937 at "red layer"; "second wash, red layer"; "'green'"; "Rio Grande slope"
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Cosoryx sp., Ramoceros ramosus, Plioceros blicki n. sp., "Meryceros crucensis" = Merycodus crucensis
Cosoryx sp. Leidy 1869 pronghorn
Ramoceros ramosus Cope 1874 pronghorn
Plioceros blicki n. sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn
"Meryceros crucensis" = Merycodus crucensis Frick 1937 pronghorn "Meryceros sp." of Tedford and Barghoorn; unspecified level
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"Blastomeryx francesca" = Blastomeryx gemmifer, "? Longirostromeryx blicki" = Longirostromeryx wellsi
"Blastomeryx francesca" = Blastomeryx gemmifer Cope 1874 musk deer
"? Longirostromeryx blicki" = Longirostromeryx wellsi Matthew 1904 musk deer said by Stirton 1944 to actually be Blastomeryx; may include "L. sp." of Tedford 1981 and/or "L. novomexicanus"
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"Hemicyon ursinus" = Plithocyon ursinus
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Microtomarctus conferta10, Aelurodon stirtoni10, "Canis wheelerianus n. sp." = Aelurodon ferox, Epicyon saevus10, Epicyon haydeni10, Paratomarctus temerarius10, Carpocyon webbi10, Leptocyon vafer9
Microtomarctus conferta10 Matthew 1918 bone-crushing dog "Camel Area"; "Third Division"; "lower Pojoaque Bluffs"; "Santa Cruz"; south Santa Cruz"; "West Cuyamunque"; "seventh wash, Santa Cruz area"; and general area Pojoaque and Tesuque sites
"Canis wheelerianus n. sp." = Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Epicyon haydeni10 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Spring west of San Ildefonso"; "San Ildefonso area"; "Half mi south of Battleship Mountain"; "Santa Fe area"; "Ojo Caliente, under lava mesa"
Paratomarctus temerarius10 Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Santa Cruz, First Wash"; "Red layer, Santa Cruz, Second Wash"; "Half mi west of Santa Cruz Dam, red layer"; Pojoaque Bluffs; North, South, and West Pojoaque Bluffs; San Ildefonso
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Mojavemys galushai n. sp.5 Korth and Chaney 1999 pocket gopher UNSM 41614, 3 m below Pojoaque White Ash in the Pojoaque Member, North Pojoaque Bluffs, Rio Arriba County
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Copemys loxodon Cope 1874 rodent | |
"Mylagaulus laevis" = Pterogaulus laevis, Alphagaulus vetus4, Notogaulus minor n. gen. n. sp.4, Notogaulus major4
"Mylagaulus laevis" = Pterogaulus laevis Matthew 1902 rodent
Notogaulus minor n. gen. n. sp.4 Korth 2013 rodent type is from South Pojoaque Bluff locality; also from Santa Cruz locality s.s.
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Russellagus sp. Storer 1970 pika
Hesperolagomys sp. Clark et al. 1964 pika | |
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Panolax sanctaefidei Cope 1874 rabbit | |
Gomphotherium productum n. sp.
Gomphotherium productum n. sp. Cope 1874 gomphothere | |