Truth or Consequences ( of the United States)
Also known as USG M-1481
Where: Sierra County, New Mexico (33.1° N, 107.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 106.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Palomas Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• said to be early Blancan
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. A. Repenning and S. R. May. 1986. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 37 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 19982: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• from a 1.5 m thick, normally magnetized roadcut section
Tedford 1981 gives a Palomas basin list that disagrees with Repenning and May's, but seems to include additional sites such as Las Palomas Creek
Tedford 1981 gives a Palomas basin list that disagrees with Repenning and May's, but seems to include additional sites such as Las Palomas Creek
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Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912 gomphothere | |
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cf. Oryzomys sp. Baird 1857 rice rat | |
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Masticophis ? flagellum whip snake | |
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Sceloporus undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard | |
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? Terrapene ornata Agassiz 1857 Western box turtle | |
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Kinosternon flavescens Agassiz 1857 Yellow mud turtle | |