Big Red Horizon (Hemipsalodon Locality) (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as TMM 40206; Porvenir L.F. (in part)
Where: Presidio County, Texas (29.9° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 95.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chambers Tuff Formation, Duchesnean (39.7 - 37.0 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 16827: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• said to be from "lower part of Chambers Formation" by Gustafson 1986b; I assume this is below the "lower marker bed" because Wilson lists "Hemipsalodon sp." said to be new
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
Hemipsalodon viejaensis n. sp.
Hemipsalodon viejaensis n. sp. Gustafson 1986 creodont | |