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Popotosa, New Mexico, USA

FormationPopotosa
Member(s)Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Age:13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
IntervalLate Clarendonian
Lithologyconglomerate/sandstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Gabaldon Badlands Level AValencia County, New Mexico, USAPopotosa - Unit 1
NMMNH locality L-7475Socorro County, New Mexico, USAPopotosa

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Popotosa - Unit 113.6 - 4.90 Ma
Neogene
1
Popotosa - Unit 210.3 - 4.90 Ma
Neogene
2
Popotosa - Unit 310.3 - 4.90 Ma
Neogene
19
Sierra Ladrones - Unit 123.0 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Antilocaprinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Antilocaprinae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Osbornoceros osborni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Osbornoceros : Osbornoceros osborni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Plioceros sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Plioceros10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Alforjas sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Alforjas10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Procamelus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Procamelus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Michenia yavapaiensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Protolabis : Michenia yavapaiensis13.6 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Merychyus major
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Ustatochoerus : Merychyus major13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene
Borophagus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Borophagus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Caninae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Caninae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Epicyon haydeni
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Epicyon : Epicyon haydeni10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Nimravides thinobates
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Nimravides : Nimravides thinobates10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Archaeolaginae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Archaeolaginae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Hypolagus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Hypolagus10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Hypolagus fontinalis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Hypolagus : Hypolagus fontinalis10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Equinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hippodon : Equinae10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Dipoides vallicula
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Dipoides : Dipoides vallicula10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene

References

Lozinsky R. P., Tedford R. H. (1991) Geology and Paleontology of the Santa Fe Group, Southwestern Albuquerque Basin, Valencia County, New Mexico, Bulletin of the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Research 132, 1-35
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Morgan G. S., Lander E. B., et al (2009) The oreodont Merychyus major major (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Oreodontidae) from the Miocene Popotosa Formation, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, central New Mexico, New Mexico Geology 31 4, 91-103
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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