Glyptotherium (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Glyptothere; UA locality 6895; Curtis Ranch in part

Where: Cochise County, Arizona (32.0° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 110.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: St. David Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Irvingtonian

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

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20344: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• said to be Irvingtonian, but reassigned to the Blancan by Cassiliano 1999
chron C2r.1n (avg age 2.21 Ma)
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Bensonomys sp.2 Gazin 1942 mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
"Baiomys brachygnathus" = Peromyscus brachygnathus Gidley 1922 deer mouse
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922 cotton rat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cochisei Gidley 1922 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys persimilis1 Hay 1927 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi1, Perognathinae indet.2
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi1 Wood 1935 kangaroo rat
Perognathinae indet.2 Coues 1875 rodent