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The first Oligocene mammal from New Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Spencer G. Lucas
Spencer G. Lucas*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131
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Oligocene landscapes of New Mexico were dominated by andesite stratovolcanoes and resurgent domes of ash-flow tuff (ignimbrite) cauldrons (Smith et al., 1985). This pervasive volcanism produced volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks that have been neglected by vertebrate paleontologists, so that, until now, no Oligocene vertebrate fossils have been discovered in New Mexico. This documents the initial results of vertebrate paleontological investigations of Oligocene rocks in New Mexico, a lower jaw of the oromerycid artiodactyl Montanatylopus matthewi, the first Oligocene mammal from the state. In this paper, CM = Carnegie Museum of Natural History and UNM = University of New Mexico.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 6 , November 1986 , pp. 1274 - 1276
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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