NMMNH locality L-7475 (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as Bosque del Apache LF

Where: Socorro County, New Mexico (33.8° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 104.5° W)

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When: Popotosa Formation, Late/Upper Clarendonian to Late/Upper Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy conglomerate and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. Morgan, W. Slade

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. S. Morgan, E. B. Lander, C. Cikoski, R. M. Chamberlain, D. W. Lowe and L. Peters. 2009. The oreodont Merychyus major major (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Oreodontidae) from the Miocene Popotosa Formation, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, central New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 31(4):91-103 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 157331: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 12.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major Leidy 1858 oreodont
Merychyus major major