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Eastern Tornillo Flat, Brewster County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	29.4154,-103.104
Co-ordinates Derivation	estimated from map
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Brewster County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Eastern Tornillo Flat	Schiebout J. A. (1974)	Tornillo - Black Peaks	140 ft above base of formation	not reported	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Prothryptacodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Arctocyonidae : *Prothryptacodon*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Mixodectes malaris species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dermoptera : Mixodectidae : Mixodectes : *Indrodon malaris*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Ectypodus musculus		61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Mesodma pygmaea species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ptilodontidae : Mesodma : *Mesodma pygmaea*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Mimetodon silberlingi		61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Parectypodus sloani species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ptilodontidae : Parectypodus : *Parectypodus sloani*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Baiotomeus douglassi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Ptilodontidae : Baiotomeus : *Baiotomeus douglassi*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Ptilodus mediaevus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Multituberculata : Ptilodontidae : Ptilodus : *Ptilodus mediaevus*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Psittacotherium multifragum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Psittacotherium : *Psittacotherium multifragum*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Palaechthon woodi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Palaechthonidae : Palaechthon : *Palaechthon woodi*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Periptychus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Periptychidae : *Periptychus*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene
Phenacodus bisonensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Phenacodontidae : Phenacodus : *Phenacodus bisonensis*	61.7 - 56.8 Ma Paleocene

References

Schiebout J. A. (1974) Vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 24, 1-88

Krause D. W. (1977) Paleocene Multituberculates (Mammalia) of the Roche Percée Local Fauna, Ravenscrag Formation, Saskatchewan, Canada, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 159, 1-36

Schoch R. M. (1986) Systematics, Functional Morphology and Macroevolution of the Extinct Mammalian Order Taeniodonta, Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 42, 1-320

Thewissen J. G. M. (1990) Evolution of Paleocene and Eocene Phenacodontidae (Mammalia, Condylarthra), University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 29, 1-107

Williamson T. E., Lucas S. G. (1993) Paleocene vertebrate paleontology of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2, 105-136

Williamson T. E. (1996) The beginning of the age of mammals in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico; biostratigraphy and evolution of Paleocene mammals of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 8, 1-141

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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