McRae Wash ( of the United States)

Also known as UA loc. 52

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: 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 19638: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• replaces earlier genus-level list of Lindsay and Tessman 1974
within chron C2An.1n
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Eumops cf. perotis2 Schinz 1821 western mastiff bat
"cf. Simonycteris stocki" of Lammers 1970
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canini indet.1 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus cf. peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Bensonomys arizonae" = Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae1, "Baiomys minimus" = Peromyscus minimus, Neotoma sp., "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor
"Bensonomys arizonae" = Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae1 Gidley 1922 mouse
"Baiomys minimus" = Peromyscus minimus Gidley 1922 deer mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni Gidley 1922 squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Cratogeomys bensoni Gidley 1922 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Prodipodomys minor" = Dipodomys minor, Perognathinae indet.1
"Prodipodomys minor" = Dipodomys minor Gidley 1922 kangaroo rat
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent