New Taeniodont Site (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 41364, 41376

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 84.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Black Peaks Formation (Tornillo Group), Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• Torrejonian based on Leslie et al. (2018)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Schiebout. 1974. Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24:1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14970: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• "New Taeniodont" locality mentioned by Gingerich 1976 appears to be an unpublished Togwotee Pass locality
105 m level of Fm.
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stylinodontidae
Psittacotherium multifragum3 Cope 1882 taeniodont
"Psittacotherium or Lampadophorus"; TMM 41364
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Lambertocyon eximius2 Gingerich 1979 condylarth
from TMM 41376
Reptilia
 Loricata -
Borealosuchus sp.1 Brochu 1997 crocodilian
TMM 41376