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Nacimiento - Pantolambda Zone, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA

FormationNacimiento
MemberPantolambda Zone
Age:63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
IntervalTorrejonian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences15

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Mesa PortalesSandoval County, New Mexico, USANacimiento - Pantolambda Zone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Diamond Trail - middle55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
1
Nacimiento63.3 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
siltstone, mudstone, claystone/sandstone, "siliciclastic", sandstone, claystone511
Pictured Cliffs Sandstone83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
24
San Jose3.00 - 0.78 Ma
Cenozoic
sandstone, siltstone/claystone, marl140
San Jose - Regina55.8 - 50.3 Ma
Eocene
129
Santa Fe23.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
2
Sierra Ladrones1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
12
Zia23.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
5
Zia - Cerro Conejo16.0 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
13
Zia Sand23.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
4
Zia Sand - basal Piedra Parada24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
9
Zia Sand - Chamisa Mesa20.4 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
26
Zia Sand - lower Chamisa Mesa20.4 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
15
Zia Sand - middle Chamisa Mesa23.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
1
Zia Sand - top of the Pilares23.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Mammalia
class
3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Dissacus navajovius
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Acreodi : Mesonychidae : Dissacus : Dissacus navajovius63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Goniacodon levisanus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Acreodi : Triisodontidae : Goniacodon : Goniacodon levisanus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Pantolambda bathmodon
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pantolambdidae : Pantolambda : Pantolambda bathmodon63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Condylarthra
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Mioclaenus opisthacus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Mioclaenidae : Mioclaenus : Mioclaenus opisthacus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Mioclaenus turgidus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Condylarthra : Hyopsodontidae : Mioclaenus : Mioclaenus turgidus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Promioclaenus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Mioclaenidae : Promioclaenus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Insectivora
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Insectivora63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Anconodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolodontidae : Anconodon63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Chriacus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Oxyclaenidae : Chriacus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Conoryctes comma
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Conoryctes : Conoryctes comma63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Psittacotherium multifragum
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Psittacotherium : Psittacotherium multifragum63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Didymictis haydenianus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Viverravidae : Didymictis : Didymictis haydenianus63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Tetraclaenodon puercensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacodontidae : Tetraclaenodon : Tetraclaenodon puercensis63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

References

Wilson J. A. (1956) Miocene Formations and Vertebrate Biostratigraphic Units, Texas Coastal Plain, Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40 9
MacIntyre G. T. (1966) The Miacidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Part 1, The systematics of Ictidopappus and Protictis, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 131 2, 115-210
Kues B. S., Froehlich J. W., et al (1977) Paleontological survey, resource assessment, and mitigation plan for the Bisti-Star Lake Area, northwestern New Mexico, Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
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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