Fossil mammals from the type area of the Puerco and Nacimiento strata, Paleocene of New Mexico

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1957

By

Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984

Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1959]

Notes

Title from caption.

"August 5, 1959."

"The first American Paleocene mammals and the first anywhere from the early to middle Paleocene were found in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico ... The San Juan strata and faunas are classical and are still the standard of comparison for the most clearly established Lower (Puercan), Middle (Torrejonian), and Upper (Tiffanian) stages and ages ... The first geologist to distinguish clearly what are now known to be Paleocene beds in the San Juan Basin was [E.D.] Cope in 1874."

Subjects

56.9(1181:78.9) , Geology , Geology, Stratigraphic , Mammals, Fossil , New Mexico , Paleocene , Paleontology , San Juan Basin (N.M. and Colo.)

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1957, 1959

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 45212476