Laudate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)


Fundort: Laudate, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA), California, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
Taxon: Nannodectes lynasi aus der Familie Plesiadapidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Believed to be Puercan or Torrejonian by McKenna et al., but "definitely Tiffanian" according to McKenna and Lofgren 2003 from "near the base of information member 4b (formerly Tgsu)" Lofgren et al. 2014: The mammalian fauna from member 4a and the lower part of member 4b is collectively referred to as the Goler Assemblage. the Goler Assemblage is probably middle Tiffanian (Ti3–Ti4a), although a Ti5a age is also possible., Formation is "non-marine and then marine" going up section, and consists of "Almost 4 km of conglomerates, feldspathic sandstones, and drab or variegated mudstones"
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 56,8 und 61,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Goler Formation in Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)
Geologie, Sratigraphie Danian, Selandian, Thanetian / Tiffanian / Goler
Koordinaten: 35° 30 ' 0 '' N, 117° 46 ' 0 '' W

Literatur

D. Lofgren, M. McKenna, J. Honey, R. Nydam, C. Wheaton, B. Yokote, L. Henn, W. Hanlon, S. Manning, C. McGee 2014, New Records of Eutherian Mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and Their Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications. American Museum Novitates. 3797, p. 1 - 57, DOI: 10.1206/3797.1

Systematik

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