San Ildefonso Pueblo (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Santa Fe County, New Mexico (35.5° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 103.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Barstovian to Barstovian (16.3 - 9.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch. 1982. Duchesneodus, a New Name for Some Titanotheres (Perissodactyla, Brontotheriidae) from the Late Eocene of Western North America. Journal of Paleontology 56(4):1018-1023 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19531: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Cope collection of 1874; same region as F:AM Pojoaque Bluffs sites, see Tedford and Barghoorn 1993, p. 164
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp.
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hipparion sanfondensis n. sp." = Merychippus coloradense3, Equini indet.
"Hipparion sanfondensis n. sp." = Merychippus coloradense3 Osborn 1918 horse
"the partial maxillary series from the San Ildefonso area, refm-red by Cope to Hypotherium speciosum Leidy."
Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
"cf. Pliohippus"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras brachyrhinum6, Peraceras superciliosum6, Peraceras profectum6, Aphelops malacorhinus
Teleoceras brachyrhinum6 Prothero 2005 rhinoceros
Peraceras superciliosum6 Cope 1880 rhinoceros
Peraceras profectum6 Matthew 1899 rhinoceros
Aphelops malacorhinus Cope 1878 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx ilfonsensis n. sp.4
Cosoryx ilfonsensis n. sp.4 Frick 1937 pronghorn
F:AM 31435
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursidae indet.1
Ursidae indet.1 Gray 1825 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon vafer7
Leptocyon vafer7 Leidy 1858 canine
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Notogaulus minor5
Notogaulus minor5 Korth 2013 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo undata n. sp.2, Testudo klettiana n. sp.2
Testudo undata n. sp.2 Cope 1875 turtle
USNM 2126 (holotype), posterior peripherals and pygal
Testudo klettiana n. sp.2 Cope 1875 turtle
USNM 2127 (holotype), a pygal plate
1Alroy 2002; 2Cope 1875; 3Frick 1933; 4Frick 1937; 5Korth 2013; 6Prothero 2005; 7Tedford et al. 2009