Gidley Rod (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as UA locality 25-3; "Gidley Level", in part; Curtis Ranch in part

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

• Paleocoordinates: 32.3° N, 109.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: St. David Formation, Irvingtonian (1.4 - 0.2 Ma)

• said to be Irvingtonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay and N. T. Tessman. 1974. Cenozoic Vertebrate Localities and Faunas in Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Sciences 9(1):3-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20341: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• within chron C2r.2r
said to be Irvingtonian, but reassigned to the Blancan by Cassiliano 1999
species-level i.d.s inferred from "Gidley Level" list of Johnson et al. 1975
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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2 Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon sp.
Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Batsch 1788 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.3
Felidae indet.3 Gray 1821 cat
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.1, Camelops sp.
Hemiauchenia sp.1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp., ? Notolagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
includes "Lepus sp.": Galusha et al. 1984
? Notolagus sp. Wilson 1937 rabbit
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cochisei2
Spermophilus cochisei2 Gidley 1922 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi2
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi2 Wood 1935 kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys persimilis2
Nerterogeomys persimilis2 Hay 1927 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra idahoensis2, Sigmodon minor2, Sigmodon curtisi2, Neotoma sp.
Ondatra idahoensis2 Wilson 1933 muskrat
Sigmodon minor2 Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Sigmodon curtisi2 Gidley 1922 cotton rat
see also Mezzabotta 1997
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
1Alroy 2002; 2Johnson et al. 1975; 3Seymour 1993