Also known as T8; Tornillo Flat
Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.5° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 91.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Big Yellow Sandstone Member (Canoe Formation), Bridgerian (50.3 - 46.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow sandstone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Wilson, M. McKenna, G. Whitaker in 1952, 1962–1963; reposited in the TMM
Collection methods: surface (float),
• found in float boulder
Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1967. Early Tertiary mammals. In R. A. Maxwell, J. T. Lonsdale, R. T. Hazzard, & J. A. Wilson (eds.), Geology of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. The University of Texas Publication 6711:157-169 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 16195: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
said to be possibly Bridgerian
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