Ceja del Rio Puerco (Miocene to of the United States)
Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.7° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.3° N, 104.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Cerro Conejo Member (Zia Formation), Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 9.4 Ma)
• said to be late Barstovian to early Clarendonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. E. Williamson and G. S. Morgan. 1995. New Mexico Geology 17(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 19286: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• based on Tedford 1981, this is from the same geographic area and unit as Rincon Quarry (see)
apparently the "Middle Red Member" of Williamson and Morgan 1995 is the same as the "Cerro Conejo Member" of Williamson and Morgan 2001
possibly from this locality: Phelosaccomys neomexicanus Korth and Chaney 1999: "NW1/4, sec. 20, T14N, R1E, Pojoaque Member equivalent, Tesuque Formation, Santa Fe Group, Sandoval County"
apparently the "Middle Red Member" of Williamson and Morgan 1995 is the same as the "Cerro Conejo Member" of Williamson and Morgan 2001
possibly from this locality: Phelosaccomys neomexicanus Korth and Chaney 1999: "NW1/4, sec. 20, T14N, R1E, Pojoaque Member equivalent, Tesuque Formation, Santa Fe Group, Sandoval County"
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Eucastor sp. Allen 1877 beaver | |
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Michenia sp. Frick and Taylor 1971 camel | |
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Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse | |