Clabaugh's Bonebed (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 40630; Candelaria L.F. (in part)

Where: Presidio County, Texas (29.9° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: upper glass facies Member (Colmena Tuff Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16546: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• see Wilson 1977b p. 13
upper 25 ft of unit
"Epihippus cf. gracilis" of Forsten 1971a is omitted by Wilson and stated by her to be from the "lower 50 ft. Colmena Tuff"; the specimen is only a "fragmentary right upper molar" in any case
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon petersoni Gazin 1955 agriochoerid
see Wilson 1971a
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid
see Wilson 1971a
 Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Prolapsus sp. Wood 1973 rodent
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Leptotomus leptodus" = Paramys leptodus, Manitshini indet.
"Leptotomus leptodus" = Paramys leptodus Cope 1873 rodent
see Wood 1974
Manitshini indet. Simpson rodent