Also known as Val Verde Mine; UALP 7202
Where: Coconino County, Arizona (35.7° N, 112.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 36.5° N, 111.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
• Originally thought to be Blancan, but may be early Irvingtonian (Nowak 1979, Tedford et al. 2009)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1921. Descriptions of species of Pleistocene Vertebrata, types or specimens of most of which are preserved in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59:599-642 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/C. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19617: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
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Antilocapridae indet.2 Gray 1866 pronghorn "Antilocapra americana?"; no valid Blancan or Irvingtonian records, see Kurten and Anderson 1980, and specimen certainly does not seem determinate
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Chasmaporthetes ossifragus n. sp.
Chasmaporthetes ossifragus n. sp. Hay 1921 hyaena | |
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Marmota arizonae n. sp. Hay 1921 marmot | |
Neotoma cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat | |
Lepus benjamini n. sp. Hay 1921 hare |