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lower Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA

Group	lower Santa Fe
Age:	23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene
Interval	Miocene
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	10

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Cerrilos	Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA	lower Santa Fe

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Occurrence Records
Chamita	10.3 - 4.90 Ma Neogene	26
Galisteo - lower	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene	7
Galisteo - upper	40.4 - 37.2 Ma Eocene	19
Tesuque - lower Pojoaque	16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene	57
Tesuque - Nambe	16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene	13
Tesuque - Skull Ridge	16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene	50

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Rakomylus raki species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Rakomylus : *Rakomylus raki*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Canis vafer species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Leptocyon : *Canis vafer*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Microtomarctus conferta species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Microtomarctus : *Microtomarctus conferta*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Felidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Aceratherium profectum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Peraceras : *Aceratherium profectum*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Peraceras superciliosum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Peraceras : *Peraceras superciliosum*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Teleoceras brachyrhinum species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Teleoceras : *Teleoceras brachyrhinum*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Alphagaulus vetus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae : Alphagaulus : *Alphagaulus vetus*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Notogaulus major species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae : Notogaulus : *Notogaulus major*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Notogaulus minor species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae : Notogaulus : *Notogaulus minor*	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene

References

Frick C., Taylor B. E. (1968) A Generic Review of the Stenomyline Camels, American Museum Novitates 2353, 1-51

Hunt, Jr. R. M. (1998) Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids, American Museum Novitates 3252, 1-65

Wang X., Tedford R. H., et al (1999) Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243, 1-392

Prothero D. R. (2005) The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses, 1-218

Tedford R. H., Wang X., et al (2009) Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325, 1-218 doi:10.1206/574.1

Korth W. W. (2013) Mylagaulid Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia: Mylagaulidae) from the Middle Miocene (Barstovian) of New Mexico, Annals of Carnegie Museum 81 4, 233-245 doi:10.2992/007.081.0403

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