Nambe (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Fe County, New Mexico (35.5° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 103.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Nambe Member (Tesuque Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 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 19449: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• underlies Skull Ridge Mbr.
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctoides acridens4, Paracynarctus cf. kelloggi3, Protomarctus optatus1, Microtomarctus conferta4
Cynarctoides acridens4 Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
"South of Santa Cruz River, 50 ft below the Nambe White Ash Stratum, Nambe Member... Santa Fe County"
Paracynarctus cf. kelloggi3 Merriam 1911 bone-crushing dog
Protomarctus optatus1 Matthew 1924 bone-crushing dog
Microtomarctus conferta4 Matthew 1918 bone-crushing dog
"north side of fault block south of Santa Cruz River drainage, 35 ft below No. 1 White Ash"
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus validus n. sp.2
Pseudaelurus validus n. sp.2 Rothwell 2001 cat
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Michenia sp.3, Aepycamelus sp.3, Nothotylopus sp.3, Paramiolabis sp.3
Michenia sp.3 Frick and Taylor 1971 camel
Aepycamelus sp.3 Macdonald 1956 camel
Nothotylopus sp.3 Patton 1969 camel
Paramiolabis sp.3 Kelly 1992 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus sp., Acritohippus isonesus1, Archaeohippus sp.
Protohippus sp. Leidy 1858 horse
Acritohippus isonesus1 Cope 1889 horse
Archaeohippus sp. Gidley 1906 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
1Alroy 2002; 2Rothwell 2001; 3Tedford and Barghoorn 1993; 4Wang et al. 1999