Cochiti Formation (NM*)
Cochiti Formation of Santa Fe Group (NM)
late Tertiary (late Miocene? and Pliocene)*
[Type locality:] in the badlands west and southwest of Cochiti Pueblo, in western half of Santo Domingo Pueblo quadrangle and eastern half of Jemez quadrangle, Jemez Mountains, Sandoval Co., north-central NM (Bailey and others, 1969).
San Juan basin*
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