Rinconada (New Mexico) (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: Chama-El Rito Member (Tesuque Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. H. Tedford and S. F. Barghoorn. 1993. Road Log Neogene geology of the EspaƱola Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2:169-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19518: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

• not to be confused with Rinconada site in Guanajuato
not clear if this list is complete
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Protolabis sp. Cope 1876 camel
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Ustatochoerus medius Leidy 1858 oreodont