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Rubio Peak - upper, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

FormationRubio Peak
Memberupper
Age:37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
IntervalChadronian
Lithologysiltstone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences4

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Turkey CreekSierra County, New Mexico, USARubio Peak - upper

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Montanatylopus matthewi
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Oromerycidae : Montanatylopus : Montanatylopus matthewi37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Parvitragulus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hypertragulidae : Parvitragulus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Brontotheriidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Brontotheriidae37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Jaywilsonomys ojinagaensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cylindrodontidae : Jaywilsonomys : Jaywilsonomys ojinagaensis37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Lucas S. G. (1986) The first Oligocene mammal from New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 60 6, 1274-1276
Lucas S. G. (1986) Oligocene mammals from the Black Range, southwestern New Mexico, New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 37th Field Conference, Truth or Consequences 37, 261-263
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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