El Rito (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.5° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 104.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: upper Member (Abiquiu Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. H. Tedford. 1981. Mammalian biochronology of the late Cenozoic basins of New Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 19341: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
• about the same level as Abiquiu Formation Type Section (see)
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| Mammalia | |
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Oxydactylus sp. Peterson 1904 camel | |
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cf. Promartes sp. Riggs 1942 mustelid carnivore | |