Four miles northwest of Kimbetoh: Puercan, New Mexico
collected by J. B. Reeside 1916

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Compsemys puercensis n. sp. Gilmore 1919
1 specimen
synonym of Compsemys victa
USNM 8544 (type of C. puercensis Gilmore, 1919b, p. 19, fig. 3, pl. 3), partial shell
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus hesperius n. sp. Gilmore 1919
Gilmore 1919 1 specimen
USNM 8596 (holotype), partial carapace
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:San Juan
Coordinates: 36.2° North, 107.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.0° North, 86.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Puercan
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 63.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nacimiento
Stratigraphy comments: "Puerco formation (50 feet above the base) . . . " (ibid.). Nacimiento Formation, Paleocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:J. B. Reeside Collection dates:1916
Metadata
Database number:128449
Authorizer:R. Benson, A. Dunhill Enterer:R. Benson, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-06-09 00:31:03 Last modified:2018-02-01 15:06:23
Access level:the public Released:2012-06-09 00:31:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

704. E. S. Gaffney. 1972. The systematics of the North American family Baenidae (Reptilia, Cryptodira). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(5):245-312 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/R. Benson]

Secondary references:

18055ETE C. W. Gilmore. 1919. Reptilian faunas of the Torrejon, Puerco, and underlying Upper Cretaceous formations of San Juan County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 119:1-68 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]