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Badlands Ranch

NM: Quay Co., 35°06'N, 103°30'W, 1235 m.

Age. Rancholabrean (Morgan and Lucas 2005).

General Description. About 3 km east of Barranca Creek and 15 km southeast of Tucumcari (Morgan and Lucas 2005).

Discussion. A stream-laid sand unit about 1 m thick (Morgan and Lucas 2005).

Fauna.

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoths
†Paramylodon harlani—Harlan's Ground Sloth
†Equus conversidens—Mexican Horse
†Camelops hesternus—Yesterday's Camel (?)
†Bison sp.—Bison

Literature. Morgan and Lucas 2005.

Last Update: 4 Oct 2008