Escavada Wash (Lower) (Paleocene of the United States)
Also known as Sinclair and Granger Loc. 14 (in part)
Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 87.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Nacimiento Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: 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]more details
PaleoDB collection 14834: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Roger Benson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• identical to list 21 of Williamson 1996
although the wash is mostly in San Juan County, fossils are from its far end in Sandoval County; see map and sections of Williamson 1996
excludes multis
although the wash is mostly in San Juan County, fossils are from its far end in Sandoval County; see map and sections of Williamson 1996
excludes multis
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| Mammalia | |
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Psittacotherium multifragum Cope 1882 taeniodont | |
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Periptychus carinidens Cope 1881 condylarth | |
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Triisodon quivirensis Cope 1881 placental | |
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Ellipsodon grangeri Wilson 1956 condylarth | |
| Reptilia | |
Baena escavada n. sp.
Baena escavada n. sp. Hay 1908 turtle AMNH 1203 partial shell; obtained by Dr. J. L. Wortman and Mr. Walter Granger in 1896, in the Torrejon deposits, at the head of Escavada Creek
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