Also known as LSUMG 11; LSUMG V-111; TMM 41400
Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.3° N, 103.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 85.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Black Peaks Formation (Tornillo Group), Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)
• said to be late Puercan based on undescribed species, but Torrejonian by Williamson 1996
•at 160 m level of Mbr., but position relative to Dogie Mountain unclear; most recently, Leslie et al. (2018) have demonstrated a Torrejonian age
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the TMM
Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout, C. A. Rigsby, S. D. Rapp, J. A. Hartnell, and B. R. Standhardt. 1987. Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene transition rocks of Big Bend National Park, Texas . Journal of Geology 95(3):359-375 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14887: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•two of "three new mammalian taxa" are discussed by Williamson 1996, but not the third
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Mixodectes malaris Cope 1884 placental | |
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Stygimys vastus n. sp.3
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