Split Lip Flats (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as NMMNH L-4723; NMMNH L-4725; Head of Willow Wash

Where: San Juan County, New Mexico (36.3° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 87.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pu3 (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• "late Puercan" = Pu3 (Williamson and Weil 2010)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• methods include "underwater screening"

Primary reference: T. E. Williamson and A. Weil. 2002. A Late Puercan (Pu3) microfauna from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):119A-120A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26575: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.10.2002, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Thylacodon pusillus1 Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
NMMNH P-34808, right abraded m1; 38459, partial left M3, missing lingual portion of tooth, buccal to paracone and metacone and tooth distal to apex of metacone; 41142, right m1; 41199, right M3, missing portion of tooth on mesiobuccal corner and with abraded buccal margin; 51546, right abraded m2 or 3; 53303, right partial M2; 53929, right m1; 54382, right m2 or 3; 56649, left m2 or 3
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
Peradectes sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
said to be new
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Valenia sp. de Muizon and Cifelli 2000 condylarth
Tiznatzinia sp. Simpson 1936 condylarth
Chacomylus sladei n. gen. n. sp.2 Williamson and Weil 2011 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Betonnia tsosia3, "Cimolestes simpsoni" = Puercolestes simpsoni, "Puercolestes simpsoni" = Puercolestes simpsoni3
Betonnia tsosia3 Williamson et al. 2011 eutherian
said to be new
"Cimolestes simpsoni" = Puercolestes simpsoni Reynolds 1936 eutherian
"Puercolestes simpsoni" = Puercolestes simpsoni3 Reynolds 1936 eutherian
"Genus B" of Van Valen
 Multituberculata -
Ptilodontoidea indet. multituberculate
said to be new
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate