California Wash ( of the United States)

Also known as UALP 4710

Where: Cochise County, Arizona (32.0° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 109.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: St. David Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: N. M. Johnson, N. D. Opdyke, and E. H. Lindsay. 1975. Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy of Pliocene-Pleistocene Terrestrial Deposits and Vertebrate Faunas, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 86(1):5-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19646: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• within chron C2r.2r
"Geomys minor" is omitted by Mezzabotta 1997
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp.1 Osborn 1923 gomphothere
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni Gidley 1922 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
confirmed by Mezzabotta 1997
"Baiomys brachygnathus" = Peromyscus brachygnathus2 Gidley 1922 deer mouse
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
Onychomys pedroensis2 Gidley 1922 grasshopper mouse
"Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae"
Mictomys vetus2 Wilson 1933 bog lemming
"Synaptomys (Metaxyomys) sp."
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys persimilis1 Hay 1927 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys idahoensis Hibbard 1962 rodent
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex taylori2 Hibbard 1937 long-tailed shrew
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2 Osborn 1903 glyptodon