Papago Springs Cave (Section 1 Unit 6) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Santa Cruz County, Arizona (31.7° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 110.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: N. J. Czaplewski, J. I. Mead, C. J. Bell, W. D. Peachey, and T.-L. Ku. 1999. Papago Springs Cave revisited, part II: vertebrate paleofauna. Occasional Papers of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 5:1-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20447: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• bone dated at 246 +/- 19 ka (231Th)
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Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma cf. tigrinum
Ambystoma cf. tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander
Reptilia
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet.
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubridae indet., Natricinae indet.
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma cf. albigula, Neotoma cf. mexicana
Neotoma cf. albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Neotoma cf. mexicana Baird 1855 Mexican woodrat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp.
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
"T. umbrinus/bottae"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. audubonii
Sylvilagus cf. audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Stockoceros onusrosagris
Stockoceros onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934 pronghorn