Schiebout-Reeves Quarry: Torrejonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Paleotomus senior
(Simpson 1937)
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Thewissen 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Pantolambdidae
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Caenolambda sp.
Gazin 1956
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Promioclaenus acolytus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychus superstes
Matthew 1935
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= Periptychus carinidens
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus cf. matthewi
Simpson 1935
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Phenacodus grangeri
Simpson 1935
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus mediaevus
Cope 1881
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.1° North, 84.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 60.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Tornillo | Formation: | Black Peaks |
| Local section: | BPeak | Local bed: | 2 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:assigned to Tiffanian by Schiebout but to Torrejonian by Thewissen 1990 21 - 23 m level of Fm. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 41377, 41274 | ||
| Database number: | 14884 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-06-30 09:46:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3024. | J. A. Schiebout. 1974. Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24:1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 82038 | T. M. Lehman, S. L. Wick, H. L. Beatty, W. R. Straight, and J. R. Wagner. 2018. Stratigraphy and depositional history of the Tornillo Group (Upper Cretaceous–Eocene) of West Texas. Geosphere 14(5):2206-2244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 3401 | J. G. M. Thewissen. 1990. Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra). University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29:1-107 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |