Big Red Horizon (Hemipsalodon Locality): Duchesnean, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Hemipsalodon viejaensis n. sp.
Gustafson 1986
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Gustafson 1986 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Presidio |
| Coordinates: | 29.9° North, 104.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 95.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Duchesnean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 39.70000 - 37.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chambers Tuff | ||
| Local section: | Vieja | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:said to be from "lower part of Chambers Formation" by Gustafson 1986b; I assume this is below the "lower marker bed" because Wilson lists "Hemipsalodon sp." said to be new | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 40206; Porvenir L.F. (in part) | ||
| Database number: | 16827 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3665. | J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 1758 | E. P. Gustafson. 1986. Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |