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
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Compsemys puercensis n. sp.
Gilmore 1919
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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
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Adocus hesperius n. sp.
Gilmore 1919
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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:
18055 | ETE | 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] |