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Archuleta Creek, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 36.8667,-104.033 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | New Mexico, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Colfax County, New Mexico, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Archuleta Creek | Meltzer D. J., Mann D. H., et al (2004) | "in a deeply undercut, eroding section of the south bank of the creek... ca. 4 m below the present surface"\nspecimen carbon dated as 10,190 +/- 30 ybp | "siliciclastic" | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bison antiquus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison : Bison antiquus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Meltzer D. J., Mann D. H., et al (2004) A Bison antiquus from Archuleta Creek, Folsom, New Mexico, Current Research in the Pleistocene 21, 107-109 |
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!