Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 103.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Cerro Conejo Member (Zia Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• group of beds-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 19274: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
possibly relevant: Protepicyon raki Wang et al. 1999: "Jemez Creek area... upper part of Zia Formation... Sandoval County" Epicyon saevus Wang et al. 1999: "Santa Ana Wash, Jemez Creek area... unnamed beds of Zia Formation... Sandoval County"
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Microtomarctus conferta Matthew 1918 bone-crushing dog "greenish sand" and overlying "channel above the cliff-forming sands"
Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "West tributary of Canyada de Zia" in the Zia Formation
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