Cynarctoides Quarry (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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• said to be early Hemingfordian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. E. Gawne. 1975. Rodents from the Zia Sand Miocene of New Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2586 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 19312: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• originally could not be separated from Blick Quarry list (see) but later literature makes this possible
NISP 20
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Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolagus sp.
Archaeolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
(see Gawne 1976)
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Blickomylus galushai
Blickomylus galushai Frick and Taylor 1968 camel
see Frick and Taylor 1968
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens
Cynarctoides acridens Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog