Murray Springs Arroyo (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Cochise County, Arizona (32.0° N, 110.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° N, 110.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. H. Harris. 1985. Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleoecology of the West 1-293 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20619: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• "possibly earlier than Sangamonian"
not the same as several other "Murray Springs" sites that are Wisconsinan
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat