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Tesuque - Chama-El Rito, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
Formation | Tesuque |
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Member | Chama-El Rito |
Age: | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene |
Interval | Miocene |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Almagre Arroyo | Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA | Tesuque - Chama-El Rito |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Abiquiu - upper | 23.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | 2 | |
Chamita | 10.3 - 4.90 Ma Neogene | 26 | |
Chamita - upper tuffaceous zone | 10.3 - 4.90 Ma Neogene | 15 | |
referred Chamita | 13.6 - 10.3 Ma Miocene | 15 | |
San Jose | 3.00 - 0.78 Ma Cenozoic | sandstone, siltstone/claystone, marl | 140 |
San Jose - Regina | 55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene | 129 | |
San Jose - Tapicitos | 55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene | 35 | |
Tesuque - Dixon | 23.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | 1 | |
Tesuque - lower Chama-El Rito | 23.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | 6 | |
Tesuque - upper Chama-El Rito | 16.0 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | 29 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Protolabis sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Protolabis | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Merychyus medius species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Ustatochoerus : Merychyus medius | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Aceratherium profectum species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Peraceras : Aceratherium profectum | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
Mojavemys galushai species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Mojavemys : Mojavemys galushai | 23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene |
References
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!