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Puercan  

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  • The Puercan is a Lower Paleocene mammalian stage in North America, rich in primitive mammal remains ; from the Puerco formation in New Mexico (local term). (Adapted from: Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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