Big Red Horizon (TMM 40207) (Eocene of the United States)
Also known as 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. 1971. Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group. Trans-Pecos Texas: Agriochoeridae and Merycoidodontidae. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 18:1-83 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16832: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "5 to approximately 50 feet above the base of the Chambers Tuff" = Big Red Horizon: Wilson 1971a
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Mammalia | |
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid |