Where: Graham County, Arizona (32.7° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 108.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gila Conglomerate Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)
• about 92 m level in local section
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
Primary reference: Y. Tomida. 1987. Small mammal fossils and correlation of continental deposits, Safford and Duncan basins, Arizona. National Science Museum 1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19660: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
"Baiomys cf. brachygnathus" = Peromyscus brachygnathus, Neotoma taylori, "Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor
"Baiomys cf. brachygnathus" = Peromyscus brachygnathus Gidley 1922 deer mouse
Neotoma taylori Hibbard 1967 pack rat
"Sigmodon medius" = Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat |