Where: Sandoval County, New Mexico (35.3° N, 106.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 106.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Edith Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• "about 13 m below the present land surface... late Wisconsinan"
Environment/lithology: fluvial; gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMMNH
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: R. A. Smartt, S. G. Lucas, and D. J. Hafner. 1991. The giant bison (Bison latifrons) from the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 36(1):136-137 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74362: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Bison latifrons Harlan 1825 bison |