Eastside Island ( of the United States)

Also known as 6898

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

• Paleocoordinates: 32.8° N, 109.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

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

PaleoDB collection 19627: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Pliophenacomys sp. Hibbard 1950 rodent
Baiomys sp. True 1894 pygmy mouse
Bensonomys sp. Gazin 1942 rodent
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Cratogeomys sp. Merriam 1895 pocket gopher
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn