Blickomylus Hill, Jemez Creek drainage (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 103.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: middle Chamisa Mesa Member (Zia Sand Formation), Early/Lower Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19189: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• possibly the same as Blick Hill but definitely not Blick Quarry (see)
below Jeep Quarry according to Wang et al. 1999, and above Blick Quarry because this is in the lower part of the member according to Tedford 1981
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides gawnae
Cynarctoides gawnae Wang et al. 1999 bone-crushing dog