California Wash ( of the United States)

Also known as UALP 4710

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: St. David Formation, 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 19646: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• within chron C2r.2r
"Geomys minor" is omitted by Mezzabotta 1997
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp.1 Osborn 1923 gomphothere
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2 Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys idahoensis Hibbard 1962 rodent
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys persimilis1 Hay 1927 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni
"Spermophilus bensoni" = Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni Gidley 1922 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Baiomys brachygnathus" = Peromyscus brachygnathus2 Gidley 1922 deer mouse
Mictomys vetus2 Wilson 1933 bog lemming
"Synaptomys (Metaxyomys) sp."
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
confirmed by Mezzabotta 1997
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
Onychomys pedroensis2 Gidley 1922 grasshopper mouse
"Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex taylori2 Hibbard 1937 long-tailed shrew